UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)
x		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

OR

 

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from            to           

Commission file number: 001-35429

 

Brightcove Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		20-1579162
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

290 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts		02210
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(888) 882-1880

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class		Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		The NASDAQ Global Market

 

Securities Registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer ¨		Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

 

The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on June 30, 2014, was $288,391,686. Shares of voting and non-voting stock held by executive officers, directors and holders of more than 5% of the outstanding stock have been excluded from this calculation because such persons or institutions may be deemed affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not a conclusive determination for other purposes.

 

As of February 27, 2015 there were 32,521,442 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement relating to its 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K where indicated. Such Proxy Statement will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this report relates.

  

Table of Contents

 

		Page
PART I.
Item 1. Business		4
Item 1A. Risk Factors		10
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments		21
Item 2. Properties		21
Item 3. Legal Proceedings		21
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures		22
PART II.
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities		23
Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data		24
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		27
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		44
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data		46
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure		47
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures		47
Item 9B. Other Information		48
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance		49
Item 11. Executive Compensation		49
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters		49
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence		49
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services		49
PART IV		49
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
Signatures		50

 

 

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act. Such forward-looking statements include any expectation of earnings, revenue or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; factors that may affect our operating results; statements related to adding employees; statements related to potential benefits of the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Unicorn Media, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries; statements related to future capital expenditures; statements related to future economic conditions or performance; statements as to industry trends and other matters that do not relate strictly to historical facts or statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “plan,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions or variations intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” included in Item 1A of Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the risks discussed in our other Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, filings. Furthermore, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements. Forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K may include statements about:

 

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our ability to achieve profitability;

 

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our competitive position and the effect of competition in our industry;

 

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our ability to retain and attract new customers;

 

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our ability to penetrate existing markets and develop new markets for our services;

 

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our ability to integrate Unicorn products with Video Cloud;

 

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our ability to retain or hire qualified accounting and other personnel;

 

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our ability to protect our intellectual property and operate our business without infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others;

 

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our ability to maintain the security and reliability of our systems;

 

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our estimates with regard to our future performance and total potential market opportunity;

 

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our estimates regarding our anticipated results of operations, future revenue, capital requirements and our needs for additional financing; and

 

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our goals and strategies, including those related to revenue growth.

 

 

PART I

 

Item 1.

Business

 

Overview

 

Brightcove Inc., or Brightcove, is a leading global provider of cloud-based services for video. Brightcove was incorporated in Delaware in August 2004 and our headquarters are in Boston, Massachusetts. Our suite of products and services reduces the cost and complexity associated with publishing, distributing, measuring and monetizing video across devices.

 

Brightcove Video Cloud, or Video Cloud, our flagship product released in 2006, is the world’s leading online video platform. Video Cloud enables our customers to publish and distribute video to Internet-connected devices quickly, easily and in a cost-effective and high-quality manner. Brightcove Zencoder, or Zencoder, is a cloud-based video encoding service. Brightcove Once, or Once, is an innovative, cloud-based ad insertion and video stitching service that addresses the limitations of traditional online video ad insertion technology. Brightcove Gallery, or Gallery, released in May 2014, is a cloud-based service that enables customers to create and publish video portals. Brightcove Perform, or Perform, released in September 2014, is a cloud-based service for creating and managing video player experiences. Brightcove Video Marketing Suite, or Video Marketing Suite, released in May 2014, is a comprehensive suite of video technologies designed to address the needs of marketers to drive awareness, engagement and conversion.

 

Since 2014, our go-to-market approach for our solutions has been focused primarily on (i) media companies and (ii) digital marketers in a wide range of enterprises and organizations.

 

As of December 31, 2014, we had 5,770 customers in over 75 countries, including many of the world’s leading media companies, broadcasters, publishers, brands and corporations, as well as governments, educational institutions and non-profit organizations.

 

We generate revenue by offering our products to customers on a subscription-based, software as a service, or SaaS, model. Our revenue grew from $109.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2013 to $125.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2014. As of December 31, 2013, we had 6,318 customers, of which 4,556 used our volume offerings and 1,762 used our premium offerings. As of December 31, 2014, we had 5,770 customers, of which 3,907 used our volume offerings and 1,863 used our premium offerings. During 2013, we decided to prioritize our premium product editions over our volume product editions. Our premium product editions have higher prices, the customers of our premium product editions use more of our solutions, and we believe that our premium customers represent a greater opportunity for our solutions. To date, substantially all of our revenue has been attributable to our Video Cloud product.

 

Our Solutions

 

Our solutions provide our customers with the following key benefits:

 

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Comprehensive, modular and scalable solutions. Video Cloud provides a single, integrated solution to meet a range of video publishing and distribution needs. Video Marketing Suite is an end-to-end solution of video technologies built for the needs of modern marketers. Each of Zencoder, Once, Gallery and Perform are modular solutions that customers can either use on a stand-alone basis or integrate into their existing video workflows. In addition, our multi-tenant architecture enables us to deliver each of our solutions across our customer base with a single version of our software for each product, making it easier to scale our solutions as our customer and end user base expands.

 

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Easy to use and low total cost of ownership.  Our products were designed to be intuitive and easy to use. We provide reliable, cost-effective, on-demand solutions to our customers, relieving them of the cost, time and resources associated with in-house solutions and enabling them to be up and running quickly after signing with us.

 

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Open platforms and extensive ecosystem.  Our open and extensible platforms enable our customers to customize standard features and functionality and easily integrate third-party technology to meet their own specific requirements and business objectives. We have an extensive ecosystem of partners, which we refer to as the Brightcove Alliance. More than 150 Brightcove Alliance members have built solutions that rely upon, or are already integrated with, our platforms. This ecosystem includes leading technology companies such as Akamai, comScore, Google and Oracle and providers of niche technology services. These integrated technologies provide our customers with enhanced flexibility, functionality and ease of use.

 

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Help customers achieve business objectives.  Our customers use our products to achieve key business objectives such as driving site traffic, increasing viewer engagement on their sites, monetizing content, increasing conversion rates for transactions, increasing brand awareness and expanding their audiences. We believe our customers view us as a strategic partner in part because our business model is not dependent on building our own audience or generating our own ad revenue. Our business interests align with our customers’ interests as we each benefit from the success of our customers’ online strategy.

 

 

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Ongoing customer-driven development.  Through our account managers, customer support teams, product managers and regular outreach from senior leadership, we solicit and capture feedback from our customer base for incorporation into ongoing enhancements to our solutions. We regularly provide our customers with enhancements to our products. For example, in 2014 we introduced an entirely new video player with significantly faster load times and faster video starts. The new player also allows customers to deliver video using a single protocol, HTTP Live Streaming, or HLS, across both mobile and desktop, integrates easily with modern websites and provides consistent behavior across platforms, and is easily customizable using standard CSS and JavaScript application program interfaces, or APIs. Delivering cloud-based solutions allows us to serve additional customers with little incremental expense and to deploy innovations and best practices quickly and efficiently to our existing customers.

 

Our Business Strengths

 

We believe that the following business strengths differentiate us from our competitors and are key to our success:

 

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We are the recognized online video platform market leader.  In 2014, our customers used Video Cloud to deliver an average of approximately 1.5 billion video streams per month, which we believe is more video streams per month than any other professional solution. Frost & Sullivan awarded us the Global Market Leadership Award for Online Video Platforms in 2014. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, we were also selected to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list.

 

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We have established a global presence.  We have established a global presence, beginning with our first non-U.S. customer in 2007, and continuing with the expansion of our operations into Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Today, we have employees in nine countries. We built our solutions to be localized into almost any language and currently offer 24/7 customer support worldwide. As of December 31, 2014, organizations throughout the world used Video Cloud to reach viewers in approximately 245 countries and territories.

 

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We have high visibility and predictability in our business.  We sell our subscription and support services through monthly, quarterly or annual contracts and recognize revenue ratably over the committed term. The majority of our revenue comes from annual contracts. Our existing contracts provide us with visibility into revenue that has not yet been recognized. We have also achieved an overall recurring dollar retention rate of at least 86% in each of the last four fiscal quarters, including 88%, 99%, 86% and 101% for the three months ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Our business model and customer loyalty provide greater levels of recurring revenue and predictability compared to traditional, perpetual-license business models.

 

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We have customers of all sizes across multiple industries.  We offer different editions of our products tailored to meet the needs of organizations of various sizes, from large global enterprises to small and medium-sized businesses, across industries. Our offerings range from entry-level editions to enterprise-level editions used by multiple departments in a single organization.

 

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Our management team has experience building and scaling software companies.  Our senior leadership team has built innovative software platform businesses. Members of our senior leadership team have held senior product, business and technology roles at companies such as Adobe, Allaire, Amazon Web Services, Citrix, EMC, Lycos and Macromedia.

 

Our Customers

 

As of December 31, 2014, we had 5,770 customers in over 75 countries. We provide our solutions to many of the world’s leading media companies, broadcasters, publishers, brands and corporations, as well as governments, educational institutions and non-profit organizations. While our solutions are tailored to meet the needs of media companies and digital marketers in a wide range of enterprises and organizations, we believe our solutions can benefit any organization with a website or digital content.

 

Our Products and Services

 

Video Cloud

 

Video Cloud, the world’s leading online video platform, enables our customers to publish and distribute video to Internet-connected devices quickly, easily and in a cost-effective and high-quality manner. Our innovative technology and intuitive user interface give customers control over a wide range of features and functionality needed to publish and deliver a compelling user experience, including the following:

 

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Uploading and Encoding.  Using Video Cloud, customers may upload videos in various formats for adaptive encoding that maximizes quality and minimizes file size. Video Cloud then automatically enables the content to be delivered to end users via a third-party content delivery network, or CDN, such as Akamai Technologies, Inc., or Akamai, or Limelight Networks, Inc., or Limelight.

 

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Content Management.  Whether a customer has a few short video clips or thousands of full-length episodes, Video Cloud makes it easy to organize a media library. Videos can be grouped together with drag-and-drop controls or smart playlists that automatically organize content. Customers can set rules for geographic access and schedules to define where and when their videos can be viewed.

 

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Video Players.  Video Cloud includes leading video player technology, with fast load times and fast video starts. Video Cloud allows for point-and-click styling and configuration of video players that can reflect the brand or design of the customer. Our video players also include built-in support for advertising, analytics and content protection, and provide a consistent cross-platform playback experience. Developers can also take advantage of a set of tools to create completely custom video player experiences.

 

 

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Multi-platform video experiences.  We have built Video Cloud to support numerous operating systems, formats and devices. In addition to web-based experiences, Video Cloud provides publishing and delivery services for cross-platform devices including smartphones, tablets and Connected TVs. Our solution includes automated device detection and manages multiple renditions of the same video encoded in different forms with optimized delivery protocols for different target formats.

 

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Live Video Streaming.  In addition to on-demand video distribution, Video Cloud includes support for live video broadcasts. Video Cloud accepts multiple live streams at different quality levels and delivers the rendition that attempts to best match each viewer’s available bandwidth, processor utilization and player size.

 

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Distribution and Syndication.  Video Cloud supports a blended distribution strategy across the Internet, allowing customers to distribute videos on their own website, partner websites or video-sharing sites such as YouTube. These tools help content owners to drive site traffic, increase brand awareness and expand their audience.

 

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Social Media.  Customers can expand their audience by leveraging the social network of their viewers. Through integrated Video Cloud capabilities, users can share videos through Facebook, Twitter and other social media destinations.

 

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Advertising and Monetization.  Video Cloud can help customers grow and monetize their audience with video ad features such as tools for ad insertions and built-in ad server and network integrations. Video Cloud includes tools to support synchronized in-player ads with embedded link functionality and overlays for persistent branding.

 

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Analytics.  Video Cloud’s integrated video analytics present information to optimize and support customers’ online video publishing and distribution strategy. Online publishers can also choose to integrate web analytics solutions such as Adobe Omniture or Google Analytics with Video Cloud.

 

Zencoder

 

Zencoder is a cloud-based video encoding service. Zencoder provides our customers with high-quality, reliable encoding of live and on-demand video and access to highly scalable encoding power without having to pay for, manage and scale expensive hardware and software. Zencoder includes the following principal features and functionality:

 

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File Support.  Zencoder accepts files in an extensive range of formats and codecs and supports video output to a multitude of devices.

 

	•	Quality and Control.  Zencoder includes tools to support high quality video output and to adjust and edit video.
	•	Speed and Reliability.  Zencoder provides extremely fast transcoding and industry leading reliability.

 

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Platform and Security.  Zencoder is scalable, globally distributed and includes advanced security features designed to protect content.

 

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Account and Integration.  Zencoder provides a simple API for streamlined integration, supports most major transfer protocols and accelerated file transfers and allows users to manage their accounts and encoding jobs from an intuitive, online dashboard.

 

Once

 

Once is an innovative, cloud-based ad insertion and video stitching service that addresses the limitations of traditional online video ad insertion technology. Once reduces or eliminates the need for platform-specific ad technology and makes it possible for customers to reliably deliver live or on-demand video with dynamically customized programming and targeted ads to the maximum range of devices. Once includes the following principal features and functionality:

 

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Reach. Once features cloud-based ad monetization of video on demand, live video and simulcast TV across devices, apps and websites.

 

	•	Integrations. Once is pre-integrated with ad networks and ad decision systems.
	•	Server-Side Solution. Once is a server-side solution, requiring no SDKs, plug-ins or client-side code.

 

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Simplicity. Once uses a single URL with automatic device detection to deliver high bit-rate broadcast quality video ads.

 

Gallery

 

Gallery is a cloud-based service that enables customers to create and publish video portals. This service combines portal templates with best practices for search engine optimization, responsive design, social sharing and conversion in a single solution that can be implemented and updated with ease. Gallery allows customers to create engaging video experiences such as video channels, product showcases, event microsites and video support centers. Gallery includes the following principal features and functionality:

 

	•	Portal Templates. Customers can choose from over 100 templates, layouts and color combinations to customize a design without any technical resources.
	•	Search Engine Optimization. Portals include video search engine optimization on every page to help increase traffic.
	•	Brand Precision. Point and click tools to change any page element allow customers to match their exact colors and brand identity.
	•	Conversion. Gallery includes built-in lead capture features, flexible messaging areas and integrations with leading marketing automation solutions like Eloqua and Omniture to help customers capture more leads.

 

 

	•	Mobile / Responsive Design. Customers can reach their audience on desktops, tablets or mobile devices with responsive design templates that automatically adapt to an end user’s device.
	•	Social. Gallery allows customers to expand the reach of their portals with social sharing options for Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn and more.
	•	Ease of Use. Customers can go live in minutes with a cloud-based solution that can be managed and updated with ease.

 

Gallery allows customers to create engaging video experiences such as video channels, product showcases, event microsites and video support centers.

 

Perform

 

Perform is a cloud-based service for creating and managing video player experiences. This service provides customers with leading video player technology, a robust set of management APIs and performance optimization services. Perform delivers cross-platform playback experiences and includes built-in support for advertising, analytics and content protection. Perform includes the following principal features and functionality:

 

	•	Leading Video Player Technology. Perform includes a fast HTML5-first video player, responsive design, social sharing and integration tools and support for HLS across all major mobile and desktop platforms.
	•	Speed. Perform is designed to have the fastest load times and the fastest video starts. Perform’s precompiled plugins, skinned assets and thumbnails minimize download size. Perform is optimized to reduce network traffic. Perform also allows customers to deploy changes to thousands of player embeds with batch publishing to accelerate time-to-market.
	•	Wide Reach. Perform allows customers to reach the maximum range of Internet-connected devices and operating systems with consistent playback across desktop and mobile devices.
	•	Powerful APIs, Plugins and SDKs. The developer-friendly, HTML5 video player is easily customized with CSS and JavaScript APIs. Perform’s Management APIs also allow customers to easily control player configurations. Perform has a robust ecosystem of plugins and integrations, including built-in support for advertising, analytics and content protection, as well as numerous open-source plugins from the Video.js community. Perform also includes native player SDKs for easy development and deployment of native applications.

 

Video Marketing Suite

 

Video Marketing Suite is a comprehensive suite of video technologies designed to address the needs of marketers to drive awareness, engagement and conversion. Video Marketing Suite is a bundled offering of Video Cloud, the Video Cloud Live module, or Live module, and Gallery. The Live module is an optional add-on to Video Cloud designed to enable non-technical users to set up live events and deliver multi-bitrate streams to multiple devices, without the need for hardware encoders or development work.

 

Editions

 

Each of our products is offered to customers on a subscription-based SaaS model, with varying levels of functionality, usage entitlements and support. Our customers pay us a monthly, quarterly or annual subscription fee for access to our products. This model allows our customers to scale their level of investment and usage based on the size and complexity of their needs.

 

Video Cloud is offered in two product lines. The first product line is comprised of our premium product editions, Pro and Enterprise. All Pro and Enterprise editions include functionality to publish and distribute video to Internet-connected devices. The Enterprise edition provides additional features and functionality such as a multi-account environment with consolidated billing, IP address filtering, the ability to produce live events with DVR functionality and advanced upload acceleration of content. The second product line is comprised of our volume product edition, which we refer to as our Express edition. Our Express edition targets small and medium-sized businesses, or SMBs. The Express edition provides customers with the same basic functionality that is offered in our premium product editions but has been designed for customers who have lower usage requirements and do not typically seek advanced features and functionality.

 

Customers of Zencoder on annual contracts are considered premium customers. Customers of Zencoder on month-to-month contracts, pay-as-you-go contracts, or contracts for a period of less than one year, are considered volume customers.

 

All Once, Gallery, Perform and Video Marketing Suite customers are considered premium customers.

 

Account Management

 

An important component of our sales strategy is our account management organization. This organization is focused on ongoing customer success and engagement, as well as contract renewals and upsells to our customer base.

 

 

Professional Services

 

While our products are easy for customers to use and deploy without any additional specialized services, we offer a range of professional services for customers who seek customization or assistance with their implementations. These professional services are priced on a time and materials basis or a per project basis and include projects such as content migrations from other vendors or in-house solutions, video player enhancements and the creation of web pages optimized for video.

 

Support

 

Our products generally include basic support for technical and operational issues. The premium editions of our products generally include telephone support during normal business hours. We also offer 24/7 global telephone support to customers paying for premium support packages.

 

Training

 

We offer free basic online training to registered users of our products. We also offer customized, onsite training for customers that is priced on a per engagement basis.

 

Sales and Marketing

 

We sell our products primarily through our global direct sales organization. Our sales team is organized by the following geographic regions: Americas, Europe and the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Japan. We further organize our go-to-market approach by focusing our sales and marketing teams on selling primarily to (i) media companies, who generally want to distribute video content to a broad audience and (ii) digital marketers in a wide range of enterprises and organizations, who generally use video for marketing or communication purposes. A small amount of sales are generated through referral partners, channel partners and resellers. We also sell some of our products online through our website.

 

We generate customer leads, accelerate sales opportunities and build brand awareness through our marketing programs. Our marketing programs target executives, technology professionals and senior business leaders. Like our sales teams, our marketing team and programs are organized by geography and industry segment. Our principal marketing programs include:

 

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public relations and social media;

 

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online event marketing activities, direct email, search engine marketing and display ads and blogs;

 

	•	field marketing events for customers and prospects;
	•	participation in, and sponsorship of, user conferences, trade shows and industry events;

 

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use of our website to provide product and organization information, as well as learning opportunities for potential customers;

 

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cooperative marketing efforts with partners, including joint press announcements, joint trade show activities, channel marketing campaigns and joint seminars;

 

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telemarketing and lead generation representatives who respond to incoming leads to convert them into new sales opportunities; and

 

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customer programs, including user meetings and our online customer community.

 

Operations

 

We operate data center facilities in the greater Boston area, the greater Chicago area, Phoenix, and Amsterdam, and also use third-party cloud computing platforms. We operate our own servers for systems that manage meta-data, business rules and archival storage of media assets. We take advantage of geographically dispersed, third-party, cloud computing capacity to improve the responsiveness of our service and lower network latency for our customers.

 

Media delivery to end users, including video, audio, images, JavaScript and Adobe Flash components, is served primarily through CDN providers, including Akamai and Limelight. We believe our agreements with our CDN providers are based on competitive market terms and conditions, including service level commitments from these CDN providers.

 

We entered into our agreement with Akamai in July 2010. It enables us to use Akamai CDN services for our own benefit and to resell Akamai CDN services to our customers in every geographic location in which we offer our products. The current expiration date of the agreement is December 31, 2017.

 

We entered into our agreement with Limelight in March 2006. Our agreement with Limelight enables us to use Limelight CDN services for our own benefit and to resell Limelight CDN services to our customers in every geographic location in which we offer our products. The current expiration date of the agreement is March 31, 2015. We are engaged in renewal discussions with Limelight and believe the agreement will be renewed or the term of the agreement will be extended again prior to March 31, 2015 or prior to the expiration of the service continuation period described below.

 

Each agreement contains a service continuation period following expiration of the agreement, which we believe is sufficient to enable transition to an alternative provider to avoid material disruption to our business or to our customers. Our agreement with Akamai provides that, upon termination for any reason, Akamai will continue to provide CDN services to our existing customers for up to twelve months. Our agreement with Limelight provides that, upon termination for any reason, Limelight will continue to provide CDN services for our benefit for up to six months.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We rely principally on a combination of trademark, patent, copyright and trade secret laws in the United States and other jurisdictions, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary technology, confidential information, business strategies and brands. We also believe that factors such as the technological and creative skills of our employees and personnel coupled with the creation of new features, functionality and products are essential to establishing and maintaining a technology leadership position. We enter into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees and consultants and confidentiality agreements with other third parties, and we rigorously control access to our proprietary technology.

 

 

 

 

In the United States, we have 22 issued and/or allowed patents and 21 patent applications pending. Internationally, we have 9 issued patents and 15 patent applications pending. We currently have patent applications pending in Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, and we may seek coverage in additional jurisdictions to the extent we determine such coverage is appropriate and cost-effective. Our issued patents cover a variety of technical domains relevant to our business, including aspects of publishing and distributing digital media online, cloud-based stream delivery and ad insertion.

 

Our registered trademarks in the United States include “BRIGHTCOVE”, “ZENCODER”, ONCEVOD and our logo. These trademarks are also registered in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions, including the European Union and Canada. We may apply for registrations for these and other marks in additional jurisdictions to the extent we determine such coverage is appropriate and cost-effective.

 

Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or obtain and use our technology to develop products with the same functionality as our solutions. Policing unauthorized use of our technology is difficult and expensive. Our competitors could also independently develop technologies equivalent to ours, and our intellectual property rights may not be broad enough for us to prevent competitors from selling products incorporating those technologies.

 

Competition

 

We compete with video-sharing sites such as YouTube, in-house solutions, online video platforms and certain niche technology providers. Some of our actual and potential competitors may enjoy competitive advantages over us, such as larger marketing budgets, as well as greater financial, technical and other resources. The overall markets for our products are fragmented, rapidly evolving and highly competitive.

 

We expect that the competitive landscape will change as our markets consolidate and mature. We believe the principal competitive factors in our industry include the following:

 

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total cost of ownership;

 

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breadth and depth of product functionality;

 

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ability to innovate and respond to customer needs rapidly;

 

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level of resources and investment in sales, marketing, product and technology;

 

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ease of deployment and use of solutions;

 

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level of integration into existing workflows, configurability, scalability and reliability;

 

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customer service;

 

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brand awareness and reputation;

 

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ability to integrate with third-party applications and technologies;

 

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size and scale of provider; and

 

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size of customer base and level of user adoption.

 

The mix of factors relevant in any given situation varies with regard to each prospective customer. We believe we compete favorably with respect to all of these factors.

 

Some of our competitors have made or may make acquisitions or enter into partnerships or other strategic relationships to offer a more comprehensive service than we do. These combinations may make it more difficult for us to compete effectively, including on the basis of price, sales and marketing programs, technology or service functionality. We expect these trends to continue as organizations attempt to strengthen or maintain their market positions.

 

Research and Development

 

We have focused our research and development efforts on expanding the functionality and scalability of our products and enhancing their ease of use, as well as creating new product offerings. We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we intend to continue to regularly release new features and functionality, expand our product offerings, continue the localization of our products in various languages, upgrade and extend our service offerings, and develop new technologies. Over the long term, we believe that research and development expenses as a percentage of revenue will decrease, but will vary depending upon the mix of revenue from new and existing products, features and functionality, as well as changes in the technology that our products must support, such as new operating systems or new Internet-connected devices.

 

Our research and development expenses were $28.3 million, $21.1 million and $18.7 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which included stock-based compensation expense of $1.4 million, $1.2 million and $687,000, respectively.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2014, we had 410 employees, of which 47 provided customer support services, 23 provided professional services, 136 were in research and development, 149 were in sales and marketing and 55 were in general and administrative positions. Of these employees, 327 were located in the United States and 83 were located outside of the United States. None of our employees are represented by a labor union or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We consider our relationship with our employees to be good.

 

 

Information about Segment and Geographic Revenue

 

Information about segment and geographic revenue is set forth in Note 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Available Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 290 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02210. Our telephone number is (888) 882-1880. Our website address is www.brightcove.com. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available free of charge through the investor relations page of our internet website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. Alternatively, these reports may be accessed at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

You should carefully review the risk factors described below and those described in other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, in evaluating our business. Our business, prospects, financial condition, or operating results could be harmed by any of these risks, as well as other risks not currently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial. If any of such risks and uncertainties actually occurs, our business, financial condition or operating results could differ materially from the plans, projections and other forward-looking statements included in the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this report and in our other public filings. The trading price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, and, as a result, you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

We have a history of losses, we expect to continue to incur losses and we may not achieve or sustain profitability in the future.

 

We have incurred significant losses in each fiscal year since our inception in 2004. We experienced a consolidated net loss of $12.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2012, a consolidated net loss of $10.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 and a consolidated net loss of $16.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. These losses were due to the substantial investments we made to build our products and services, grow and maintain our business and acquire customers. Key elements of our growth strategy include acquiring new customers and continuing to innovate and build our brand. As a result, we expect our operating expenses to increase in the future due to expected increased sales and marketing expenses, operations costs, research and development costs and general and administrative costs and, therefore, our operating losses will continue or even potentially increase for the foreseeable future. In addition, as a public company we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. Furthermore, to the extent that we are successful in increasing our customer base, we will also incur increased expenses because costs associated with generating and supporting customer agreements are generally incurred up front, while revenue is generally recognized ratably over the committed term of the agreement. You should not rely upon our recent revenue growth as indicative of our future performance. We cannot assure you that we will reach profitability in the future or at any specific time in the future or that, if and when we do become profitable, we will sustain profitability. If we are ultimately unable to generate sufficient revenue to meet our financial targets, become profitable and have sustainable positive cash flows, investors could lose their investment.

 

Substantially all of our revenue comes from a single product, Video Cloud.

 

We are currently substantially dependent on revenue from a single product, Video Cloud. Our business would be harmed by a decline in the market for Video Cloud, increased competition in the market for online video platforms, or our failure or inability to provide sufficient investment to support Video Cloud as needed to maintain or grow its competitive position.

 

If we are unable to retain our existing customers, our revenue and results of operations will be adversely affected.

 

We sell our products pursuant to agreements that are generally for annual terms. Our customers have no obligation to renew their subscriptions after their subscription period expires, and we have experienced losses of customers that elected not to renew. In addition, even if these subscriptions are renewed, they may not be renewed on the same or on more profitable terms. As a result, our ability to retain our existing customers and grow depends in part on subscription renewals. We may not be able to accurately predict future trends in customer renewals, and our customers’ renewal rates have and may continue to decline or fluctuate because of several factors, including their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with our services, the cost of our services and the cost of services offered by our competitors, reductions in our customers’ spending levels or the introduction by competitors of attractive features and functionality. If our customer retention rate decreases, we may need to increase the rate at which we add new customers in order to maintain and grow our revenue, which may require us to incur significantly higher advertising and marketing expenses than we currently anticipate, or our revenue may decline. If our customers do not renew their subscriptions for our services, renew on less favorable terms, or do not purchase additional functionality or subscriptions, our revenue may grow more slowly than expected or decline, and our profitability and gross margins may be harmed or affected.

 

 

The actual market for our solutions could be significantly smaller than our estimates of our total potential market opportunity, and if customer demand for our services does not meet expectations, our ability to generate revenue and meet our financial targets could be adversely affected.

 

While we expect strong growth in the markets for our products, it is possible that the growth in some or all of these markets may not meet our expectations, or materialize at all. The methodology on which our estimate of our total potential market opportunity is based includes several key assumptions based on our industry knowledge and customer experience. If any of these assumptions proves to be inaccurate, then the actual market for our solutions could be significantly smaller than our estimates of our total potential market opportunity. If the customer demand for our services or the adoption rate in our target markets does not meet our expectations, our ability to generate revenue from customers and meet our financial targets could be adversely affected.

 

Our business is substantially dependent upon the continued growth of the market for on-demand software solutions.

 

We derive, and expect to continue to derive, substantially all of our revenue from the sale of our on-demand solutions. As a result, widespread acceptance and use of the on-demand business model is critical to our future growth and success. Under the perpetual or periodic license model for software procurement, users of the software would typically install and operate the applications on their hardware. Because many companies are generally predisposed to maintaining control of their information technology, or IT, systems and infrastructure, there may be resistance to the concept of accessing software as a service provided by a third party. In addition, the market for on-demand software solutions is still evolving, and competitive dynamics may cause pricing levels to change as the market matures and as existing and new market participants introduce new types of solutions and different approaches to enable organizations to address their technology needs. As a result, we may be forced to reduce the prices we charge for our products and may be unable to renew existing customer agreements or enter into new customer agreements at the same prices and upon the same terms that we have historically. If the market for on-demand software solutions fails to grow, grows more slowly than we currently anticipate or evolves and forces us to reduce the prices we charge for our products, our revenue, gross margin and other operating results could be materially adversely affected.

 

Our operating results may fluctuate from quarter to quarter, which could make them difficult to predict.

 

Our quarterly operating results are tied to certain financial and operational metrics that have fluctuated in the past and may fluctuate significantly in the future. As a result, you should not rely upon our past quarterly operating results as indicators of future performance. Our operating results depend on numerous factors, many of which are outside of our control. In addition to the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section, the following risks could cause our operating results to fluctuate:

 

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our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers;

 

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the rates at which our customers renew;

 

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the timing and amount of costs of new and existing marketing and advertising efforts;

 

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the timing and amount of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to expansion of our business, operations and infrastructure;

 

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the cost and timing of the development and introduction of new product and service offerings by us or our competitors; and

 

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system or service failures, security breaches or network downtime.

 

 

We have a relatively short operating history in a relatively new and rapidly developing market, which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and future prospects.

 

Our business has a relatively short operating history and the market for our products and services is relatively new and rapidly developing, which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and future prospects. We have been in existence since 2004, and much of our growth has occurred in recent periods. We have encountered, and will continue to encounter, risks and difficulties frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly changing industries, including those related to:

 

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market acceptance of our current and future products and services;

 

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customer renewal rates;

 

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our ability to compete with other companies that are currently in, or may in the future enter, the market for our products;

 

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our ability to successfully expand our business, especially internationally;

 

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our ability to control costs, including our operating expenses;

 

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the amount and timing of operating expenses, particularly sales and marketing expenses, related to the maintenance and expansion of our business, operations and infrastructure;

 

 

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network outages or security breaches and any associated expenses;

 

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foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;

 

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write-downs, impairment charges or unforeseen liabilities in connection with acquisitions;

 

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our ability to successfully manage acquisitions; and

 

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general economic and political conditions in our domestic and international markets.

 

 If we do not manage these risks successfully, our business will be harmed.

 

Our long-term success depends, in part, on our ability to expand the sales of our products to customers located outside of the United States, and thus our business is susceptible to risks associated with international sales and operations.

 

We currently maintain offices and have sales personnel in Australia, France, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, and we intend to expand our international operations. Any international expansion efforts that we may undertake may not be successful. In addition, conducting international operations subjects us to new risks that we have not generally faced in the United States. These risks include:

 

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unexpected costs and errors in the localization of our products, including translation into foreign languages and adaptation for local practices and regulatory requirements;

 

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lack of familiarity with and burdens of complying with foreign laws, legal standards, regulatory requirements, tariffs, and other barriers;

 

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unexpected changes in regulatory requirements, taxes, trade laws, tariffs, export quotas, custom duties or other trade restrictions;

 

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difficulties in managing systems integrators and technology partners;

 

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differing technology standards;

 

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longer accounts receivable payment cycles and difficulties in collecting accounts receivable;

 

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difficulties in managing and staffing international operations and differing employer/employee relationships;

 

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fluctuations in exchange rates that may increase the volatility of our foreign-based revenue;

 

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potentially adverse tax consequences, including the complexities of foreign value added tax (or other tax) systems and restrictions on the repatriation of earnings;

 

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uncertain political and economic climates; and

 

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reduced or varied protection for intellectual property rights in some countries.

  

These factors may cause our costs of doing business in these geographies to exceed our comparable domestic costs. Operating in international markets also requires significant management attention and financial resources. Any negative impact from our international business efforts could negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition as a whole.

 

We must keep up with rapid technological change to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving industry.

 

Our markets are characterized by rapid technological change, frequent new product and service introductions and evolving industry standards. Our future success will depend on our ability to adapt quickly to rapidly changing technologies, to adapt our services and products to evolving industry standards and to improve the performance and reliability of our services and products. To achieve market acceptance for our products, we must effectively anticipate and offer products that meet changing customer demands in a timely manner. Customers may require features and functionality that our current products do not have. If we fail to develop products that satisfy customer preferences in a timely and cost-effective manner, our ability to renew our contracts with existing customers and our ability to create or increase demand for our products will be harmed.

 

We may experience difficulties with software development, industry standards, design or marketing that could delay or prevent our development, introduction or implementation of new products and enhancements. The introduction of new products by competitors, the emergence of new industry standards or the development of entirely new technologies to replace existing offerings could render our existing or future products obsolete.

 

If we are unable to successfully develop or acquire new features and functionality, enhance our existing products to anticipate and meet customer requirements or sell our products into new markets, our revenue and results of operations will be adversely affected.

 

 

We face significant competition and may be unsuccessful against current and future competitors. If we do not compete effectively, our operating results and future growth could be harmed.

 

We compete with video sharing sites, in-house solutions, online video platforms and certain niche technology providers, as well as larger companies that offer multiple services, including those that may be used as substitute services for our products. Competition is already intense in these markets and, with the introduction of new technologies and market entrants, we expect competition to further intensify in the future. In addition, some of our competitors may make acquisitions, be acquired, or enter into strategic relationships to offer a more comprehensive service than we do. These combinations may make it more difficult for us to compete effectively. We expect these trends to continue as competitors attempt to strengthen or maintain their market positions.

 

Demand for our services is sensitive to price. Many factors, including our advertising, customer acquisition and technology costs, and our current and future competitors’ pricing and marketing strategies, can significantly affect our pricing strategies. There can be no assurance that we will not be forced to engage in price-cutting initiatives, or to increase our advertising and other expenses to attract and retain customers in response to competitive pressures, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our revenue, operating results and resources.

 

We will likely encounter significant, growing competition in our business from many sources, including portals and digital media retailers, search engines, social networking and consumer-sharing services companies, broadband media distribution platforms, technology suppliers, direct broadcast satellite television service companies and digital and traditional cable systems. Many of our present and likely future competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, technological and other resources than we do. Some of these companies may even choose to offer services competitive with ours at no cost as a strategy to attract or retain customers of their other services. If we are unable to compete successfully with traditional and other emerging providers of competing services, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

 

We depend on the experience and expertise of our executive officers, senior management team and key technical employees, and the loss of any key employee could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our success depends upon the continued service of our executive officers, senior management team and key technical employees, as well as our ability to continue to attract and retain additional highly qualified personnel. Each of our executive officers, senior management team, key technical personnel and other employees could terminate his or her relationship with us at any time. The loss of any member of our senior management team or key personnel might significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives and could materially harm our business and our customer relationships. In addition, because of the nature of our business, the loss of any significant number of our existing engineering, project management and sales personnel could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our business and operations have experienced rapid growth and organizational change in recent periods, which has placed, and may continue to place, significant demands on our management and infrastructure. If we fail to manage our growth effectively and successfully recruit additional highly-qualified employees, we may be unable to execute our business plan, maintain high levels of service or address competitive challenges adequately.

 

We increased our number of full-time employees from 335 as of December 31, 2012, to 347 as of December 31, 2013 and to 410 as of December 31, 2014, and our revenue grew from $88.0 million in 2012 to $109.9 million in 2013 and to $125.0 million in 2014. Our headcount and operations have grown, both domestically and internationally, since our inception. This growth has placed, and will continue to place, a significant strain on our management, administrative, operational and financial infrastructure. We anticipate further growth will be required to address increases in our product and service offerings and continued international expansion. Our success will depend in part upon the ability of our senior management team to manage this growth effectively. To do so, we must continue to recruit, hire, train, manage and integrate a significant number of qualified managers, technical personnel and employees in specialized roles within our company, including in technology, sales and marketing. If our new employees perform poorly, or if we are unsuccessful in recruiting, hiring, training, managing and integrating these new employees, or retaining these or our existing employees, our business may suffer.

 

In addition, to manage the expected continued growth of our headcount, operations and geographic expansion, we will need to continue to improve our information technology infrastructure, operational, financial and management systems and procedures. Our expected additional headcount and capital investments will increase our costs, which will make it more difficult for us to address any future revenue shortfalls by reducing expenses in the short term. If we fail to successfully manage our growth we will be unable to successfully execute our business plan, which could have a negative impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

 

Our recent transaction with Unicorn Media, and/or potential future acquisitions, could be difficult to integrate, divert the attention of key personnel, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value and impair our financial results.

 

As part of our business strategy, we intend to consider acquisitions of companies, technologies and products that we believe could accelerate our ability to compete in our core markets or allow us to enter new markets. For example, in January 2014 we completed our acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Unicorn Media, Inc., or Unicorn, a leading provider of cloud video ad insertion technology. Acquisitions, including the Unicorn transaction, involve numerous risks, any of which could harm our business, including:

 

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difficulties in integrating the technologies, products, operations and existing contracts of a target company and realizing the anticipated benefits of the combined businesses;

 

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difficulties in integrating the personnel of a target company, including the onboarding of approximately 60 Unicorn employees whom we hired in connection with the Unicorn transaction;

 

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difficulties in supporting and transitioning customers, if any, of a target company;

 

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diversion of financial and management resources from existing operations;

 

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the price we pay or other resources that we devote may exceed the value we realize, or the value we could have realized if we had allocated the purchase price or other resources to another opportunity;

 

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risks of entering new markets in which we have limited or no experience;

 

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potential loss of key employees, customers and strategic alliances from either our current business or a target company’s business; and

 

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inability to generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition costs.

 

Acquisitions also frequently result in the recording of goodwill and other intangible assets which are subject to potential impairments in the future that could harm our financial results. In addition, if we finance acquisitions by issuing equity securities, our existing stockholders may be diluted. As a result, if we fail to properly evaluate acquisitions or investments, we may not achieve the anticipated benefits of any such acquisitions, and we may incur costs in excess of what we anticipate. The failure to successfully evaluate and execute acquisitions or investments or otherwise adequately address these risks could materially harm our business and financial results.

 

We may experience delays in product and service development, including delays beyond our control, which could prevent us from achieving our growth objectives and hurt our business.

 

Many of the problems, delays and expenses we may encounter may be beyond our control. Such problems may include, but are not limited to, problems related to the technical development of our products and services, problems with the infrastructure for the distribution and delivery of online media, the competitive environment in which we operate, marketing problems, consumer and advertiser acceptance and costs and expenses that may exceed current estimates. Problems, delays or expenses in any of these areas could have a negative impact on our business, financial conditions or results of operations.

 

Delays in the timely design, development, deployment and commercial operation of our product and service offerings, and consequently the achievement of our revenue targets and positive cash flow, could result from a variety of causes, including many causes that are beyond our control. Such delays include, but are not limited to, delays in the integration of new offers into our existing offering, changes to our products and services made to correct or enhance their features, performance or marketability or in response to regulatory developments or otherwise, delays encountered in the development, integration or testing of our products and services and the infrastructure for the distribution and delivery of online media and other systems, unsuccessful commercial launches of new products and services, delays in our ability to obtain financing, insufficient or ineffective marketing efforts and slower-than-anticipated consumer acceptance of our products. Delays in any of these matters could hinder or prevent our achievement of our growth objectives and hurt our business.

 

There is no assurance that the current cost of Internet connectivity and network access will not rise with the increasing popularity of online media services.

 

We rely on third-party service providers for our principal connections to the Internet and network access, and to deliver media to consumers. As demand for online media increases, there can be no assurance that Internet and network service providers will continue to price their network access services on reasonable terms. The distribution of online media requires delivery of digital content files and providers of network access and distribution may change their business models and increase their prices significantly, which could slow the widespread adoption of such services. In order for our services to be successful, there must be a reasonable price model in place to allow for the continuous distribution of digital media files. We have limited or no control over the extent to which any of these circumstances may occur, and if network access or distribution prices rise, our business, financial condition and results of operations would likely be adversely affected.

 

 

Failure of our infrastructure for the distribution and delivery of online media could adversely affect our business.

 

Our success as a business depends, in large part, on our ability to provide a consistently high-quality digital experience to consumers via our relationships and infrastructure for the distribution and delivery of online media generally. There is no guarantee that our relationships and infrastructure will not experience problems or other performance issues, which could seriously impair the quality and reliability of our delivery of digital media to end users. For example, we primarily use two content delivery networks, or CDNs, to deliver content to end users. If one or both of these CDNs were to experience sustained technical failures, it could cause delays in our service and we could lose customers. If we do not accurately predict our infrastructure capacity requirements, our customers could experience service outages or service degradation that may subject us to financial penalties and liabilities and result in customer losses. In the past we have, on limited occasions, suffered temporary interruptions of certain aspects of our service, including our customers’ ability to upload new content into our system, our customers’ ability to access administrative control of their accounts, and our ability to deliver content to end users in certain geographic locations. These service interruptions were the results of human error, hardware and software failures or failures of third-party networks. On a limited number of occasions, these service interruptions have required us to provide service credits to customers. We cannot guarantee that service interruptions will not occur again or predict the duration of interruptions of our service or the impact of such interruptions on our customers. Failures and interruptions of our service may impact our reputation, result in our payment of compensation or service credits to our customers, result in loss of customers and adversely affect our financial results and ability to grow our business. In addition, if our hosting infrastructure capacity fails to keep pace with increased sales or if our delivery capabilities fail, customers may experience delays as we seek to obtain additional capacity or enable alternative delivery capability, which could harm our reputation and adversely affect our revenue growth.

 

We may have difficulty scaling and adapting our existing infrastructure to accommodate increased traffic and storage, technology advances or customer requirements.

 

In the future, advances in technology, increases in traffic and storage, and new customer requirements may require us to change our infrastructure, expand our infrastructure or replace our infrastructure entirely. Scaling and adapting our infrastructure is likely to be complex and require additional technical expertise. If we are required to make any changes to our infrastructure, we may incur substantial costs and experience delays or interruptions in our service. These delays or interruptions may cause customers and partners to become dissatisfied with our service and move to competing service providers. Our failure to accommodate increased traffic and storage, increased costs, inefficiencies or failures to adapt to new technologies or customer requirements and the associated adjustments to our infrastructure could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We rely on software and services licensed from other parties. The loss of software or services from third parties could increase our costs and limit the features available in our products and services.

 

Components of our service and product offerings include various types of software and services licensed from unaffiliated parties. If any of the software or services we license from others or functional equivalents thereof were either no longer available to us or no longer offered on commercially reasonable terms, we would be required to either redesign our services and products to function with software or services available from other parties or develop these components ourselves. In either case, the transition to a new service provider or an internally-developed solution could result in increased costs and could result in delays in our product launches and the release of new service and product offerings. Furthermore, we might be forced to temporarily limit the features available in our current or future products and services. If we fail to maintain or renegotiate any of these software or service licenses, we could face significant delays and diversion of resources in attempting to license and integrate functional equivalents.

 

If our software products contain serious errors or defects, then we may lose revenue and market acceptance and may incur costs to defend or settle claims.

 

Complex software applications such as ours often contain errors or defects, particularly when first introduced or when new versions or enhancements are released. Despite internal testing and testing by our customers, our current and future products may contain serious defects, which could result in lost revenue, lost customers, slower growth or a delay in market acceptance.

 

Since our customers use our products for critical business applications, such as online video, errors, defects or other performance problems could result in damage to our customers. They could seek significant compensation from us for the losses they suffer. Although our customer agreements typically contain provisions designed to limit our exposure to claims, existing or future laws or unfavorable judicial decisions could negate these limitations. Even if not successful, a claim brought against us would likely be time-consuming and costly and could seriously damage our reputation in the marketplace, making it harder for us to sell our products.

 

Unauthorized disclosure of data or unauthorized access to our service could adversely affect our business.

 

Any security breaches, unauthorized access, unauthorized usage, virus or similar breach or disruption could result in loss of confidential information, personal data and customer content, damage to our reputation, early termination of our contracts, litigation, regulatory investigations or other liabilities. If our security measures, or those of our partners or service providers, are breached as a result of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise and, as a result, someone obtains unauthorized access to confidential information, personal data or customer content, our reputation will be damaged, our business may suffer or we could incur significant liability.

 

 

Techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until launched against a target. As a result, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. If an actual or perceived security breach occurs, the market perception of our security measures could be harmed and we could lose sales and customers. Any significant violations of data privacy or unauthorized disclosure of information could result in the loss of business, litigation and regulatory investigations and penalties that could damage our reputation and adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition. Moreover, if a security breach occurs with respect to another software as a service, or SaaS, provider, our customers and potential customers may lose trust in the security of the SaaS business model generally, which could adversely impact our ability to retain existing customers or attract new ones.

 

We use a limited number of data centers and cloud computing services facilities to deliver our services. Any disruption of service at these facilities could harm our business.

 

We manage our services and serve all of our customers from a limited number of third-party data center facilities and cloud computing services facilities. While we control the actual computer and storage systems upon which our software runs, and deploy them to the data center facilities, we do not control the operation of these facilities.

 

The owners of these facilities have no obligation to renew their agreements with us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. If we are unable to renew these agreements on commercially reasonable terms, we may be required to transfer to new facilities, and we may incur significant costs and possible service interruption in connection with doing so.

 

Any changes in third-party service levels at these facilities or any errors, defects, disruptions or other performance problems at or related to these facilities that affect our services could harm our reputation and may damage our customers’ businesses. Interruptions in our services might reduce our revenue, cause us to issue credits to customers, subject us to potential liability, and cause customers to terminate their subscriptions or harm our renewal rates.

 

These facilities are vulnerable to damage or service interruption resulting from human error, intentional bad acts, security breaches, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, war, terrorist attacks, power losses, hardware failures, systems failures, telecommunications failures and similar events. For example, on September 18, 2014, we suffered a service disruption resulting from a distributed denial-of-service attack at third-party data center facilities used by us. By September 20, 2014, we had restored the services impacted by the attack. We contacted federal law enforcement authorities regarding the denial-of-service attack and cooperated with them. We also conducted an assessment of our internet service providers and data center providers, potential future vulnerability to malicious activity, and the sufficiency of our infrastructure to withstand and recover rapidly from such attacks.  While this matter did not have a material adverse effect on our operating results, there can be no assurance that such incidents will not occur again, and they could occur more frequently and on a more significant scale.  The occurrence of a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, or vandalism or other misconduct, or a decision to close the facilities without adequate notice or other unanticipated problems could result in lengthy interruptions in our services. 

 

Our business may be adversely affected by third-party claims, including by governmental bodies, regarding the content and advertising distributed through our service.

 

We rely on our customers to secure the rights to redistribute content over the Internet, and we do not screen the content that is distributed through our service. There is no assurance that our customers have licensed all rights necessary for distribution, including Internet distribution. Other parties may claim certain rights in the content of our customers.

 

In the event that our customers do not have the necessary distribution rights related to content, we may be required to cease distributing such content, or we may be subject to lawsuits and claims of damages for infringement of such rights. If these claims arise with frequency, the likelihood of our business being adversely affected would rise significantly. In some cases, we may have rights to indemnification or claims against our customers if they do not have appropriate distribution rights related to specific content items, however there is no assurance that we would be successful in any such claim.

 

We operate an “open” publishing platform and do not screen the content that is distributed through our service. Content may be distributed through our platform that is illegal or unlawful under international, federal, state or local laws or the laws of other countries. We may face lawsuits, claims or even criminal charges for such distribution, and we may be subject to civil, regulatory or criminal sanctions and damages for such distribution. Any such claims or investigations could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We could incur substantial costs as a result of any claim of infringement of another party’s intellectual property rights.

 

In recent years, there has been significant litigation in the United States involving patents and other intellectual property rights. Companies providing Internet-related products and services are increasingly bringing and becoming subject to suits alleging infringement of proprietary rights, particularly patent rights. These risks have been amplified by the increase in third parties whose sole or primary business is to assert such claims, some of whom have sent letters to and/or filed suit alleging infringement against some of our customers. From time to time, third parties claim that we are infringing upon their intellectual property rights. For information regarding these claims, see Part I, Item 3, “Legal Proceedings.” We could incur substantial costs in prosecuting or defending any intellectual property litigation. Additionally, the defense or prosecution of claims could be time-consuming, and could divert our management’s attention away from the execution of our business plan.

 

 

Moreover, any settlement or adverse judgment resulting from a claim could require us to pay substantial amounts or obtain a license to continue to use the technology that is the subject of the claim, or otherwise restrict or prohibit our use of the technology. There can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain a license from the third party asserting the claim on commercially reasonable terms, if at all, that we would be able to develop alternative technology on a timely basis, if at all, or that we would be able to obtain a license to use a suitable alternative technology to permit us to continue offering, and our customers to continue using, our affected product or service. In addition, we may be required to indemnify our customers for third-party intellectual property infringement claims, which would increase the cost to us. An adverse determination could also prevent us from offering our products or services to others. Infringement claims asserted against us may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our agreements with customers often include contractual obligations to indemnify them against claims that our products infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties. The results of any intellectual property litigation to which we might become a party, or for which we are required to provide indemnification, may force us to do one or more of the following:

 

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cease selling or using products or services that incorporate the challenged intellectual property;

 

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make substantial payments for costs or damages;

 

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obtain a license, which may not be available on reasonable terms, to sell or use the relevant technology; or

 

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redesign those products or services to avoid infringement.

 

If we are required to make substantial payments or undertake any of the other actions noted above as a result of any intellectual property infringement claims against us or any obligation to indemnify our customers for such claims, such payments or costs could have a material adverse effect upon our business and financial results.

 

Failure to adequately protect our intellectual property could substantially harm our business and operating results.

 

Because our business depends substantially on our intellectual property, the protection of our intellectual property rights is important to the success of our business. We rely upon a combination of trademark, patent, trade secret and copyright law and contractual restrictions to protect our intellectual property. These afford only limited protection. Despite our efforts to protect our property rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our products, service, software and functionality or obtain and use information that we consider proprietary. Moreover, policing our proprietary rights is difficult and may not always be effective. In addition, we may need to enforce our rights under the laws of countries that do not protect proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of the United States.

 

Litigation or proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or other governmental authorities and administrative bodies in the United States and abroad may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, to protect our patent rights, trade secrets, trademarks and domain names, and to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Such litigation or proceedings may be very costly and impact our financial performance. We may also incur substantial costs defending against frivolous litigation or be asked to indemnify our customers against the same. Our efforts to enforce or protect our proprietary rights may prove to be ineffective and could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could substantially harm our operating results.

 

Our exposure to risks associated with the use of intellectual property may increase as a result of acquisitions, as we have less opportunity to have visibility into the development process with respect to acquired technology or the care taken to safeguard against infringement risks. Third parties may make infringement and similar or related claims after we have acquired technology that had not been asserted prior to our acquisition.

 

Confidentiality agreements with employees and others may not adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information.

 

We have devoted substantial resources to the development of our technology, business operations and business plans. In order to protect our trade secrets and proprietary information, we rely in significant part on confidentiality agreements with our employees, licensees, independent contractors, advisers and customers. These agreements may not be effective to prevent disclosure of confidential information, including trade secrets, and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. In addition, others may independently discover trade secrets and proprietary information, and in such cases we would not be able to assert trade secret rights against such parties. To the extent that our employees and others with whom we do business use intellectual property owned by others in their work for us, disputes may arise as to the rights in related or resulting know-how and inventions. Laws regarding trade secret rights in certain markets in which we operate may afford little or no protection to our trade secrets. The loss of trade secret protection could make it easier for third parties to compete with our products by copying functionality. In addition, any changes in, or unexpected interpretations of, the trade secret and other intellectual property laws in any country in which we operate may compromise our ability to enforce our trade secret and intellectual property rights. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights, and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive business position.

 

 

Our use of “open source” software could negatively affect our ability to sell our services and subject us to possible litigation.

 

A portion of the technology licensed by us incorporates “open source” software, and we may incorporate open source software in the future. Such open source software is generally licensed by its authors or other third parties under open source licenses. If we fail to comply with these licenses, we may be subject to certain conditions, including requirements that we offer our services that incorporate the open source software for no cost, that we make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create based upon, incorporating or using the open source software and that we license such modifications or alterations under the terms of the particular open source license. If an author or other third party that distributes such open source software were to allege that we had not complied with the conditions of one or more of these licenses, we could be required to incur significant legal expenses defending against such allegations and could be subject to significant damages, enjoined from the sale of our services that contained the open source software and required to comply with the foregoing conditions, which could disrupt the distribution and sale of some of our services.

 

Fluctuations in the exchange rate of foreign currencies could result in currency translation losses.

 

We currently have foreign sales denominated in Australian dollars, British pound sterling, Euros, Japanese yen and New Zealand dollars and may, in the future, have sales denominated in the currencies of additional countries in which we establish or have established sales offices. In addition, we incur a portion of our operating expenses in British pound sterling, Euros and, to a lesser extent, other foreign currencies. Any fluctuation in the exchange rate of these foreign currencies may negatively impact our business, financial condition and operating results. We have not previously engaged in foreign currency hedging. If we decide to hedge our foreign currency exposure, we may not be able to hedge effectively due to lack of experience, unreasonable costs or illiquid markets.

 

We may be required to collect sales and use taxes on the services we sell in additional jurisdictions in the future, which may decrease sales, and we may be subject to liability for sales and use taxes and related interest and penalties on prior sales.

 

State and local taxing jurisdictions have differing rules and regulations governing sales and use taxes and these rules and regulations are subject to varying interpretations that may change over time. In particular, the applicability of sales and use taxes to our subscription services in various jurisdictions is unclear. We cannot assure you that we will not be subject to sales and use taxes or related penalties for past sales in states where we presently believe sales and use taxes are not due. We reserve estimated sales and use taxes in our financial statements but we cannot be certain that we have made sufficient reserves to cover all taxes that might be assessed.

 

If one or more taxing authorities determines that taxes should have, but have not, been paid with respect to our services, we may be liable for past taxes in addition to being required to collect sales or similar taxes in respect of our services going forward. Liability for past taxes may also include substantial interest and penalty charges. Our client contracts typically provide that our clients must pay all applicable sales and similar taxes. Nevertheless, clients may be reluctant to pay back taxes and may refuse responsibility for interest or penalties associated with those taxes or we may determine that it would not be feasible to seek reimbursement. If we are required to collect and pay back taxes and the associated interest and penalties and if our clients do not reimburse us for all or a portion of these amounts, we will incur unplanned expenses that may be substantial. Moreover, imposition of such taxes on our services going forward will effectively increase the cost of such services to our clients and may adversely affect our ability to retain existing clients or to gain new clients in the areas in which such taxes are imposed.

 

Government and industry regulation of the Internet is evolving and could directly restrict our business or indirectly affect our business by limiting the growth of our markets. Unfavorable changes in government regulation or our failure to comply with regulations could harm our business and operating results.

 

Federal, state and foreign governments and agencies have adopted and could in the future adopt regulations covering issues such as user privacy, content, and taxation of products and services. Government regulations could limit the market for our products and services or impose burdensome requirements that render our business unprofitable. Our products enable our customers to collect, manage and store a wide range of data. The United States and various state governments have adopted or proposed limitations on the collection, distribution and use of personal information. Several foreign jurisdictions, including the European Union and the United Kingdom, have adopted legislation (including directives or regulations) that increase or change the requirements governing data collection and storage in these jurisdictions. If our privacy or data security measures fail to comply with current or future laws and regulations, we may be subject to litigation, regulatory investigations or other liabilities, or our customers may terminate their relationships with us.

 

 

In addition, although many regulations might not apply to our business directly, we expect that laws regulating the solicitation, collection or processing of personal and consumer information could affect our customers’ ability to use and share data, potentially reducing demand for our services. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the European Union Data Protection Directive along with other similar laws and regulations prohibit certain types of information and content from being transmitted over the Internet. The scope of this prohibition and the liability associated with a violation are currently unsettled. In addition, although substantial portions of the Communications Decency Act were held to be unconstitutional, we cannot be certain that similar legislation will not be enacted and upheld in the future. Legislation like the Telecommunications Act and the Communications Decency Act could dampen the growth in web usage and decrease its acceptance as a medium of communications and commerce. Moreover, if future laws and regulations limit our customers’ ability to use and share consumer data or our ability to store, process and share data with our customers over the Internet, demand for our products could decrease, our costs could increase, and our results of operations and financial condition could be harmed.

 

In addition, taxation of services provided over the Internet or other charges imposed by government agencies or by private organizations for accessing the Internet may be imposed. Any regulation imposing greater fees for Internet use or restricting information exchange over the Internet could result in a decline in the use of the Internet and the viability of Internet-based services, which could harm our business and operating results.

 

Our stock price has been volatile and is likely to be volatile in the future.

The market price of our common stock has been and is likely to be highly volatile and could be subject to significant fluctuations in response to, among other things, the risk factors described in this report and other factors beyond our control. Market prices for securities of early stage companies have historically been particularly volatile. Some, but not all, of the factors that may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate include:

 

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fluctuations in our quarterly or annual financial results or the quarterly or annual financial results of companies perceived to be similar to us or relevant for our business;

 

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changes in estimates of our financial results or recommendations by securities analysts;

 

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failure of our products to achieve or maintain market acceptance;

 

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changes in market valuations of similar or relevant companies;

 

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success of competitive service offerings or technologies;

 

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changes in our capital structure, such as the issuance of securities or the incurrence of debt;

 

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announcements by us or by our competitors of significant services, contracts, acquisitions or strategic alliances;

 

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regulatory developments in the United States, foreign countries, or both;

 

	•	litigation;
	•	additions or departures of key personnel;

 

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investors’ general perceptions; and

 

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changes in general economic, industry or market conditions.

 

In addition, if the market for technology stocks, or the stock market in general, experiences a loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial condition, or results of operations. If any of the foregoing occurs, it could cause our stock price to fall and may expose us to lawsuits that, even if unsuccessful, could be costly to defend and a distraction to management.

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish, or cease publishing, research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they adversely change their recommendations regarding our stock, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

 

The trading market for our common stock will be influenced by research and reports that industry or security analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover us adversely change their recommendations regarding our stock, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, our stock price would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

 

 

We are an “emerging growth company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our common stock less attractive to investors.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile. We may take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company.”

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. However, we are choosing to “opt out” of such extended transition period, and as a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that our decision to opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards is irrevocable.

 

We do not expect to declare any dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

We do not anticipate declaring any dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. Consequently, investors may need to rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investment. Investors seeking dividends should not purchase our common stock.

 

We may be unable to meet our future capital requirements, which could limit our ability to grow.

 

We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our anticipated working capital and capital expenditure needs over at least the next 12 months. We may, however, need, or could elect to seek, additional funding at any time. To the extent that existing resources are insufficient to fund our business operations, our future activities for the expansion of our service and our product offerings, developing and sustaining our relationships and infrastructure for the distribution and delivery of digital media online, marketing, and supporting our office facilities, we may need to raise additional funds through equity or debt financing. Additional funds may not be available on terms favorable to us or our stockholders. Furthermore, if we issue equity securities, our stockholders may experience additional dilution or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our existing classes of stock. If we cannot raise funds on acceptable terms, we may not be able to develop or enhance our products, take advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures or unanticipated requirements.

 

Failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could result in our failure to accurately report our financial results. Any inability to report and file our financial results accurately and timely could harm our business and adversely impact investor confidence in our company and, as a result, the value of our common stock.

 

We are required to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting in connection with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and our independent registered public accounting firm is required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. This assessment includes the disclosure of any material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified by our management, as well as our independent registered public accounting firm’s attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting. During the evaluation and testing process, if we identify one or more material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, we will be unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective. If we are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have a material adverse effect on the price of our common stock.

 

Anti-takeover provisions contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, as well as provisions of Delaware law, could impair a takeover attempt.

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and Delaware law, contain provisions that could have the effect of rendering more difficult or discouraging an acquisition deemed undesirable by our board of directors. Our corporate governance documents include provisions:

 

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authorizing blank check preferred stock, which could be issued with voting, liquidation, dividend, and other rights superior to our common stock;

 

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limiting the liability of, and providing indemnification to, our directors and officers;

 

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limiting the ability of our stockholders to call and bring business before special meetings and to take action by written consent in lieu of a meeting;

 

 

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requiring advance notice of stockholder proposals for business to be conducted at meetings of our stockholders and for nominations of candidates for election to our board of directors;

 

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controlling the procedures for the conduct and scheduling of board of directors and stockholder meetings;

 

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providing our board of directors with the express power to postpone previously scheduled annual meetings and to cancel previously scheduled special meetings;

 

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establishing a classified board of directors so that not all members of our board are selected at one time;

 

 

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limiting the determination of the number of directors on our board of directors and the filling of vacancies or newly created seats on the board to our board of directors then in office; and

 

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providing that directors may be removed by stockholders only for cause.

  

These provisions, alone or together, could delay hostile takeovers and changes in control of our company or changes in our management.

 

As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to provisions of Delaware law, including Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prevents some stockholders holding more than 15% of our outstanding common stock from engaging in certain business combinations without approval of the holders of substantially all of our outstanding common stock. Any provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or bylaws or Delaware law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our common stock, and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our common stock.

 

We record substantial expenses related to our issuance of equity awards that may have a material adverse impact on our operating results for the foreseeable future.

 

We expect our stock-based compensation expenses will continue to be significant in future periods, which will have an adverse impact on our operating results. The model used by us requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the price volatility of the option’s underlying stock. If facts and circumstances change and we employ different assumptions for estimating stock-based compensation expense in future periods, or if we decide to use a different valuation model, the future period expenses may differ significantly from what we have recorded in the current period and could materially affect the fair value estimate of stock-based payments, our operating income, net income and net income per share.

 

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 2.

Properties

 

Our corporate headquarters are located in Boston, Massachusetts. We lease 82,184 square feet pursuant to a lease that terminates March 31, 2022. We have sales and marketing offices in New York, New York; London, England; Paris, France; Barcelona, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; Sydney, Australia; Seoul, South Korea; Singapore; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Our offices in Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, California and Tempe, Arizona are used for sales and marketing as well as research and development. We believe our facilities are adequate for our current needs.

 

The Company’s primary office lease has the option to renew the lease for two successive periods of five years each. In connection with the office lease, the Company entered into a letter of credit in the amount of $2,404.

 

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

 

On August 27, 2012, a complaint was filed by Blue Spike, LLC naming us in a patent infringement case (Blue Spike, LLC v. Audible Magic Corporation, et al., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas). The complaint alleges that we have infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,346,472 with a listed issue date of March 18, 2008, entitled “Method and Device for Monitoring and Analyzing Signals,” U.S. Patent No. 7,660,700 with a listed issue date of February 9, 2010, entitled “Method and Device for Monitoring and Analyzing Signals,” U.S. Patent No. 7,949,494 with a listed issue date of May 24, 2011, entitled “Method and Device for Monitoring and Analyzing Signals” and U.S. Patent No. 8,214,175 with a listed issue date of July 3, 2012, entitled “Method and Device for Monitoring and Analyzing Signals.” The complaint seeks an injunction enjoining infringement, damages and pre- and post-judgment costs and interest. We answered and filed counterclaims against Blue Spike on December 3, 2012. We amended our answer and counterclaims on July 15, 2013. This complaint is subject to indemnification by one of our vendors. We cannot yet determine whether it is probable that a loss will be incurred in connection with this complaint, nor can we reasonably estimate the potential loss, if any.

 

 

 

On September 10, 2013, a complaint was filed by Cinsay Inc. naming us in a patent infringement case (Cinsay Inc. v. Brightcove Inc. and Joyus Inc., United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas). The complaint alleged that we have infringed U.S. Patent No. 8,312,486 with a listed issue date of November 13, 2012, entitled “Interactive Product Placement and Method Therefor” and U.S. Patent No. 8,533,753 with a listed issue date of September 10, 2013, entitled “Interactive Product Placement and Method Therefor.” On October 1, 2013, Cinsay filed an amended complaint against us in which it reasserted the allegations of infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,312,486 and U.S. Patent No. 8,533,753 and added allegations that we infringed U.S. Patent No. 8,549,555 with a listed issue date of October 1, 2013, entitled “Interactive Product Placement and Method Therefor.” The amended complaint sought an injunction enjoining infringement, damages and pre- and post-judgment costs and interest. We answered the amended complaint on November 12, 2013. We settled the matter on July 15, 2014 for an amount that is not material and, pursuant to the settlement, all claims against us were dismissed with prejudice on August 14, 2014. We recorded the impact of the settlement as a charge to operations in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

In addition, we are, from time to time, party to litigation arising in the ordinary course of our business. Management does not believe that the outcome of these claims will have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows based on the status of proceedings at this time.

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

 

PART II

 

Item 5.  Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

Our common stock has been traded on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “BCOV” since our initial public offering on February 17, 2012. Prior to this time, there was no public market for our common stock. The following table shows the high and low sale prices per share of our common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market for the periods indicated:

 

		High				Low
2013
First Quarter 2013		$	10.25			$	5.77
Second Quarter 2013		$	9.00			$	4.89
Third Quarter 2013		$	11.79			$	8.35
Fourth Quarter 2013		$	16.25			$	10.84
2014
First Quarter 2014		$	14.70			$	9.17
Second Quarter 2014		$	10.80			$	7.78
Third Quarter 2014		$	10.93			$	5.40
Fourth Quarter 2014		$	8.16			$	5.06

 

On February 27, 2015, the last reported sale price for our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market was $7.81 per share.

 

Dividend Policy

 

We have never paid or declared any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain any cash flow to finance the growth and development of our business, and we do not expect to pay any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of future dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, restrictions contained in current or future financing instruments and other factors our board of directors deems relevant.

 

Stockholders

 

As of February 27, 2015, there were approximately 179 holders of record of our common stock (not including beneficial holders of stock held in street name).

 

Stock Performance Graph

 

The graph set forth below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock between February 17, 2012 (the date of our initial public offering) and December 31, 2014, with the cumulative total return of (a) the NASDAQ Computer & Data Processing Index and (b) the NASDAQ Composite Index, over the same period. This graph assumes the investment of $100 on February 17, 2012 in our common stock, the NASDAQ Computer & Data Processing Index and the NASDAQ Composite Index and assumes the reinvestment of dividends, if any. The graph assumes our closing sales price on February 17, 2012 of $14.30 per share as the initial value of our common stock and not the initial offering price to the public of $11.00 per share.

 

The comparisons shown in the graph below are based upon historical data. We caution that the stock price performance shown in the graph below is not necessarily indicative of, nor is it intended to forecast, the potential future performance of our common stock. Information used in the graph was obtained from the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, a financial data provider and a source believed to be reliable. The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC is not responsible for any errors or omissions in such information. 

 

 

 

		2/17/2012				6/30/2012				12/31/2012				6/30/2013				12/31/2013				6/30/2014				12/31/2014
Brightcove Inc.			100.0				107.1				63.2				61.3				98.9				73.7				54.4
NASDAQ Composite Index			100.0				99.4				102.3				115.3				141.5				149.3				160.4
NASDAQ Computer & Data Processing Index			100.0				99.2				97.4				101.4				128.5				141.1				154.0

 

Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

Use of Proceeds from Public Offering of Common Stock

 

On February 16, 2012, our registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-176444) was declared effective for our initial public offering. On February 23, 2012, we closed our initial public offering of 5,750,000 shares of common stock, including 750,000 shares pursuant to the underwriters’ overallotment option, at an offering price of $11.00 per share. The managing underwriters of the offering were Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated. Following the sale of the shares in connection with the closing of our initial public offering, the offering terminated.

 

As a result of the offering, including the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, we received net proceeds of approximately $54.5 million, after deducting total expenses of approximately $8.7 million, consisting of underwriting discounts and commissions of $4.4 million and offering-related expenses reasonably estimated to be $4.3 million. None of such payments were direct or indirect payments to any of our directors or officers or their associates, to persons owning 10% or more of our common stock, or to any of our affiliates.

 

We have used $7.0 million of the net proceeds from our initial public offering to repay certain indebtedness. None of such payments were direct or indirect payments to any of our directors or officers or their associates, to persons owning 10% or more of our common stock, or to any of our affiliates. We also used approximately $27.4 million of the net proceeds from our initial public offering as consideration for the purchase of Zencoder in August 2012. On January 31, 2014, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Unicorn for total consideration of approximately $39.7 million, which was funded by approximately $9.1 million of the net proceeds from our initial public offering and 2,850,547 shares of our common stock.

 

There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our initial public offering as described in our final prospectus filed with the SEC on February 17, 2012 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.

 

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer or Affiliated Purchasers

 

There were no repurchases of shares of common stock made during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

 Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial Data

 

The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, the consolidated financial statements and related notes, and other financial information included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

 

We derived the consolidated financial data for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 and as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 from our audited consolidated financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We derived the consolidated financial data for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and as of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 from our audited consolidated financial statements which are not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in future periods.

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014 (2)				2013				2012 (1)				2011				2010
		(in thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated statements of operations data:
Revenue:
Subscription and support revenue		$	120,324			$	103,116			$	84,257			$	60,169			$	40,521
Professional services and other revenue			4,693				6,779				3,716				3,394				3,195
Total revenue			125,017				109,895				87,973				63,563				43,716
Cost of revenue: (3) (4)
Cost of subscription and support revenue			38,015				29,205				22,553				15,478				11,060
Cost of professional services and other revenue			5,718				7,585				4,831				4,744				4,065
Total cost of revenue			43,733				36,790				27,384				20,222				15,125
Gross profit			81,284				73,105				60,589				43,341				28,591
Operating expenses: (3) (4)
Research and development			28,252				21,052				18,725				15,267				12,257
Sales and marketing			46,014				41,000				38,725				31,564				24,124
General and administrative			19,136				18,478				16,734				12,640				9,617
Merger-related			3,075				2,069				1,852				—				—
Total operating expenses			96,477				82,599				76,036				59,471				45,998
Loss from operations			(15,193	)			(9,494	)			(15,447	)			(16,130	)			(17,407	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income			11				58				106				23				185
Interest expense			(96	)			—				(241	)			(358	)			—
Other (expense) income, net			(1,355	)			(594	)			(359	)			(719	)			(503	)
Total other expense, net			(1,440	)			(536	)			(494	)			(1,054	)			(318	)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary			(16,633	)			(10,030	)			(15,941	)			(17,184	)			(17,725	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes			260				212				(3,489	)			90				56
Consolidated net loss			(16,893	)			(10,242	)			(12,452	)			(17,274	)			(17,781	)
Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary			-				(20	)			(734	)			(361	)			280
Net loss attributable to Brightcove Inc.			(16,893	)			(10,262	)			(13,186	)			(17,635	)			(17,501	)
Accretion of dividends on redeemable convertible preferred stock			—				—				(733	)			(5,639	)			(5,470	)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders		$	(16,893	)		$	(10,262	)		$	(13,919	)		$	(23,274	)		$	(22,971	)
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders – basic and diluted		$	(0.53	)		$	(0.36	)		$	(0.57	)		$	(4.75	)		$	(4.98	)
Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders – basic and diluted			31,949				28,351				24,626				4,900				4,612

 

 

(1)	The results of operations for Zencoder have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the date of acquisition on August 14, 2012.
(2)	The results of operations for Unicorn have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the date of acquisition on January 31, 2014.

 

 

			Year Ended December 31,
			2014				2013				2012				2011				2010
			(in thousands)
(3)	Stock-based compensation included in above line items:
	Cost of subscription and support revenue		$	218			$	248			$	125			$	52			$	26
	Cost of professional services and other revenue			141				149				116				117				99
	Research and development			1,399				1,191				687				367				369
	Sales and marketing			2,193				2,225				1,606				1,008				1,459
	General and administrative			2,436				2,588				3,309				2,653				1,362
	Total stock-based compensation		$	6,387			$	6,401			$	5,843			$	4,197			$	3,315
(4)	Amortization of acquired intangible assets included in above line items:
	Cost of subscription and support revenue		$	1,946			$	1,013			$	379			$	—				$—
	Research and development			140				39				15				—				—
	Sales and marketing			1,114				667				250				—				—
	Total amortization of acquired intangible assets		$	3,200			$	1,719			$	664			$	—				$—

 

		As of December 31,
		2014				2013				2012				2011				2010
		(in thousands)
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash, cash equivalents and investments		$	22,916			$	36,108			$	33,041			$	17,227			$	23,219
Accounts receivable, net			21,463				21,560				18,596				14,693				9,272
Property and equipment, net			10,372				8,795				8,400				6,079				4,706
Working capital			4,691				20,759				20,843				10,204				17,263
Total assets			127,584				103,126				96,993				47,338				41,984
Current and long-term debt			—				—				—				7,000				—
Current and long-term deferred revenue			29,704				23,818				19,216				13,772				5,742
Redeemable convertible preferred stock warrants			—				—				—				424				285
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)			80,763				60,380				64,492				(105,085	)			(86,937	)

 

 

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates, and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, particularly in “Risk Factors.”

 

Overview

 

We are a leading global provider of cloud-based services for video. We were incorporated in Delaware in August 2004 and our headquarters are in Boston, Massachusetts. Our suite of products and services reduce the cost and complexity associated with publishing, distributing, measuring and monetizing video across devices.

 

Brightcove Video Cloud, or Video Cloud, our flagship product released in 2006, is the world’s leading online video platform. Video Cloud enables our customers to publish and distribute video to Internet-connected devices quickly, easily and in a cost-effective and high-quality manner. Brightcove Zencoder, or Zencoder, is a cloud-based video encoding service. Brightcove Once, or Once, is an innovative, cloud-based ad insertion and video stitching service that addresses the limitations of traditional online video ad insertion technology. Brightcove Gallery, or Gallery, released in May 2014, is a cloud-based service that enables customers to create and publish video portals. Brightcove Perform, or Perform, released in September 2014, is a cloud-based service for creating and managing video player experiences. Brightcove Video Marketing Suite, or Video Marketing Suite, released in May 2014, is a comprehensive suite of video technologies designed to address the needs of marketers to drive awareness, engagement and conversion.

 

Our philosophy for the next few years will continue to be to invest in our product strategy and development, sales, and go-to-market to support our long-term revenue growth. We believe these investments will help us address some of the challenges facing our business such as demand for our products by customers and potential customers, rapid technological change in our industry, increased competition and resulting price sensitivity. These investments include support for the expansion of our infrastructure within our hosting facilities, the hiring of additional technical and sales personnel, the innovation of new features for existing products and the development of new products. We believe this strategy will help us retain our existing customers, increase our average annual subscription revenue per premium customer and lead to the acquisition of new customers. Additionally, we believe customer growth will enable us to achieve economies of scale which will reduce our cost of goods sold, research and development and general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue.

 

As of December 31, 2013, we had 347 employees and 6,318 customers, of which 4,556 used our volume offerings and 1,762 used our premium offerings. As of December 31, 2014, we had 410 employees and 5,770 customers, of which 3,907 used our volume offerings and 1,863 used our premium offerings. During 2013, we decided to prioritize our premium product editions over our volume product editions. Our premium product editions have higher prices, the customers of our premium product editions use more of our solutions, and we believe that our premium customers represent a greater opportunity for our solutions.

 

We generate revenue by offering our products to customers on a subscription-based, software as a service, or SaaS, model. Our revenue grew from $109.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2013 to $125.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of continued adoption of Video Cloud across our customer base. On January 31, 2014, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Unicorn Media, Inc. (and certain of its subsidiaries), or Unicorn, a provider of cloud-based video ad insertion technology. The Unicorn Once service, re-branded as Brightcove Once, or Once, contributed $6.5 million in revenue during 2014. In the third quarter of 2014, one of our major customers, Rovio Entertainment Limited, or Rovio, did not renew its agreement with us, which impacted our revenue and revenue growth rates. The combination of losses generated by Once, and the lost revenue from Rovio, contributed to a higher loss on a year-over-year basis. As a result, our consolidated net loss was $16.9 million and $10.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Included in consolidated net loss for the year ended December 31, 2013 was stock-based compensation expense and amortization of acquired intangible assets of $6.4 million and $1.7 million, respectively. Included in consolidated net loss for the year ended December 31, 2014 was stock-based compensation expense and amortization of acquired intangible assets of $6.4 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, our revenue derived from customers located outside North America was 40% and 41%, respectively. We expect the percentage of total net revenue derived from outside North America to increase in future periods as we continue to expand our international operations.

 

Acquisitions

 

On August 14, 2012, we acquired Zencoder, a cloud-based media processing service and HTML5 video player technology provider, for total consideration of approximately $27.4 million. This transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Accordingly, the results of operations of Zencoder have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the date of acquisition. All of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction have been recognized at their acquisition date fair values, which were finalized at December 31, 2012. The acquisition did not result in the addition of any reportable segments.

 

On January 8, 2013, we acquired the remaining 37% interest of our majority-owned subsidiary, Brightcove Kabushiki Kaisha, or Brightcove KK, a Japanese joint venture which was formed on July 18, 2008. The purchase price of the remaining equity interest was approximately $1.1 million and was funded by cash on hand. Given that we own 100% of Brightcove KK, we will continue to consolidate Brightcove KK for financial reporting purposes, however, commencing on January 8, 2013, we no longer record a non-controlling interest in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

  

On January 31, 2014, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Unicorn Media, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries, or Unicorn, a provider of cloud video ad insertion technology, for total consideration of approximately $39.7 million, which was funded by cash on hand of $9.1 million and 2,850,547 shares of our common stock. The results of operations of Unicorn have been consolidated with our results of operations beginning on January 31, 2014, the closing date of the transaction.

 

Key Metrics

 

We regularly review a number of metrics, including the following key metrics, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate financial projections and make strategic decisions.

 

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Number of Customers.  We define our number of customers at the end of a particular quarter as the number of customers generating subscription revenue at the end of the quarter. We believe the number of customers is a key indicator of our market penetration, the productivity of our sales organization and the value that our products bring to our customers. We classify our customers by including them in either premium or volume offerings. Our premium offerings include our premium Video Cloud customers (Enterprise and Pro editions), our Once customers, our Zencoder customers, our Gallery customers, our Perform customers and our Video Marketing Suite customers who are on annual contracts. Our volume offerings include our Video Cloud Express customers and our Zencoder customers on month-to-month and pay-as-you-go contracts.

 

As of December 31, 2014, we had 5,770 customers, of which 3,907 used our volume offerings and 1,863 used our premium offerings. As of December 31, 2013, we had 6,318 customers, of which 4,556 used our volume offerings and 1,762 used our premium offerings. During 2013, we shifted our go-to-market focus and growth strategy to growing our premium customer base, as we believe our premium customers represent a greater opportunity for our solutions. Volume customers decreased during 2014 primarily due to our discontinuation of the promotional Video Cloud Express offering. As a result, we experienced attrition of this base level offering without a corresponding addition of customers. We expect customers using our volume offerings to continue to decrease in 2015 as we continue to focus on the market for our premium solutions and adjust Video Cloud Express price levels.

 

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Average Monthly Streams.  We define average monthly streams as the year-to-date average number of monthly stream starts on Video Cloud and other products. We believe the average number of monthly streams is an indicator of both the adoption of Video Cloud as an online video platform and the growth of video content across the Internet, but we do not believe it continues to be a good measure of our performance and therefore will not be identified as a key metric in the future.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, the average number of monthly streams was approximately 1.5 billion, an increase of 56% from approximately 963 million during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

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Recurring Dollar Retention Rate.  We assess our ability to retain customers using a metric we refer to as our recurring dollar retention rate. We calculate the recurring dollar retention rate by dividing the retained recurring value of subscription revenue for a period by the previous recurring value of subscription revenue for the same period. We define retained recurring value of subscription revenue as the committed subscription fees for all contracts that renew in a given period, including any increase or decrease in contract value. We define previous recurring value of subscription revenue as the recurring value from committed subscription fees for all contracts that expire in that same period. We typically calculate our recurring dollar retention rate on a monthly basis. Recurring dollar retention rate provides visibility into our ongoing revenue. During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the recurring dollar retention rate was 93% and 94%, respectively.

 

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Average annual subscription revenue per premium customer.  We define average annual subscription revenue per premium customer as the total subscription revenue from premium customers for an annual period, excluding professional services revenue, divided by the average number of premium customers for that period.  We believe that this metric is important in understanding subscription revenue for our premium offerings in addition to the relative size of premium customer arrangements.

 

The following table includes our key metrics for the periods presented:

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013
Customers (at period end)
Volume			3,907				4,556
Premium			1,863				1,762
Total customers (at period end)			5,770				6,318
Average monthly year-to-date streams (in thousands)			1,512,084				962,848
Recurring dollar retention rate			93	%			94	%
Average annual subscription revenue per premium customer			60.2				54.1

 

  

Components of Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

Revenue

 

Subscription and Support Revenue — We generate subscription and support revenue from the sale of our products.

 

Video Cloud is offered in two product lines. The first product line is comprised of our premium product editions, Pro and Enterprise. All Pro and Enterprise editions include functionality to publish and distribute video to Internet-connected devices. The Enterprise edition provides additional features and functionality such as a multi-account environment with consolidated billing, IP address filtering, the ability to produce live events with DVR functionality and advanced upload acceleration of content. Customer arrangements are typically one year contracts, which include a subscription to Video Cloud, basic support and a pre-determined amount of video streams, bandwidth, and managed content. We also offer gold support to our premium customers for an additional fee, which includes extended phone support. The pricing for our premium editions is based on the number of users, accounts and usage, which is comprised of video streams, bandwidth and managed content. Should a customer’s usage exceed the contractual entitlements, the contract will provide the rate at which the customer must pay for actual usage above the contractual entitlements. The second product line is comprised of our volume product edition, which we refer to as our Express edition. Our Express edition targets small and medium-sized businesses, or SMBs. The Express edition provides customers with the same basic functionality that is offered in our premium product editions but has been designed for customers who have lower usage requirements and do not typically seek advanced features and functionality. We are discontinuing the lower level pricing options for the Express edition and expect the total number of customers using the Express edition to continue to decrease. Customers who purchase the Express edition generally enter into month-to-month agreements. Express customers are generally billed on a monthly basis and pay via a credit card.

 

Zencoder is offered to customers on a subscription basis, with either committed contracts or pay-as-you-go contracts. The pricing is based on usage, which is comprised of minutes of video processed. The committed contracts include a fixed number of minutes of video processed. Should a customer’s usage exceed the contractual entitlements, the contract will provide the rate at which the customer must pay for actual usage above the contractual entitlements. Customers of Zencoder on annual contracts are considered premium customers. Customers on month-to-month contracts, pay-as-you-go contracts, or contracts for a period of less than one year, are considered volume customers.

 

Once is offered to customers on a subscription basis, with varying levels of functionality, usage entitlements and support based on the size and complexity of a customer’s needs.

 

Gallery is offered to customers of our premium Video Cloud editions on a subscription basis. A customer’s usage of Gallery counts against the pre-determined amount of video streams, bandwidth and managed content included with their Video Cloud Pro or Enterprise contract. Should a customer’s usage exceed the contractual entitlements, the contract will provide the rate at which the customer must pay for actual usage above the contractual entitlements. We also offer gold support to our Gallery customers for an additional fee, which includes extended phone support.

 

Perform is offered to customers on a subscription basis. Customer arrangements are typically one year contracts, which include a subscription to Perform, basic support and a pre-determined amount of video streams. We also offer gold support to our Perform customers for an additional fee, which includes extended phone support. The pricing for Perform is based on the number of users, accounts and usage, which is comprised of video streams. Should a customer’s usage exceed the contractual entitlements, the contract will provide the rate at which the customer must pay for actual usage above the contractual entitlements.

 

Video Marketing Suite is offered to customers on a subscription basis. Customer arrangements are typically one year contracts, which include a subscription to Video Cloud, the Video Cloud Live Module, Gallery, basic support and a pre-determined amount of video streams or plays, bandwidth and managed content. We also offer gold support to our Video Marketing Suite customers for an additional fee, which includes extended phone support. The pricing for Video Marketing Suite is based on the number of users, accounts and usage, which is comprised of video streams or plays, bandwidth and managed content. Should a customer’s usage exceed the contractual entitlements, the contract will provide the rate at which the customer must pay for actual usage above the contractual entitlements.

 

All Once, Gallery, Perform and Video Marketing Suite customers are considered premium customers.

 

Professional Services and Other Revenue — Professional services and other revenue consists of services such as implementation, software customizations and project management for customers who subscribe to our premium editions. These arrangements are priced either on a fixed fee basis with a portion due upon contract signing and the remainder due when the related services have been completed, or on a time and materials basis.

 

Our backlog consists of the total future value of our committed customer contracts, whether billed or unbilled. As of December 31, 2014, we had backlog of approximately $68 million compared to backlog of approximately $59 million as of December 31, 2013. Of the approximately $68 million in backlog as of December 31, 2014, between $61 million and $63 million is expected to be recognized as revenue during the year ended December 31, 2015. Because revenue for any period is a function of revenue recognized from backlog at the beginning of the period as well as from contract renewals and new customer contracts executed during the period, backlog at the beginning of any period is not necessarily indicative of future performance. Our presentation of backlog may differ from that of other companies in our industry.

 

  

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of subscription, support and professional services revenue primarily consists of costs related to supporting and hosting our product offerings and delivering our professional services. These costs include salaries, benefits, incentive compensation and stock-based compensation expense related to the management of our data centers, our customer support team and our professional services staff. In addition to these expenses, we incur third-party service provider costs such as data center and content delivery network, or CDN, expenses, allocated overhead, depreciation expense and amortization of capitalized internal-use software development costs and acquired intangible assets. We allocate overhead costs such as rent, utilities and supplies to all departments based on relative headcount. As such, general overhead expenses are reflected in cost of revenue in addition to each operating expense category.

 

The costs associated with providing professional services are significantly higher as a percentage of related revenue than the costs associated with delivering our subscription and support services due to the labor costs of providing professional services. As such, the implementation and professional services costs relating to an arrangement with a new customer are more significant than the costs to renew a customer’s subscription and support arrangement.

 

Cost of revenue increased in absolute dollars from 2013 to 2014. In future periods we expect our cost of revenue will increase in absolute dollars as our revenue increases. We also expect that cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue will decrease over time as we are able to achieve economies of scale in our business. However, cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue could fluctuate from period to period depending on the growth of our professional services business and any associated costs relating to the delivery of subscription services and the timing of significant expenditures. To the extent that our customer base grows, we intend to continue to invest additional resources in expanding the delivery capability of our products and other services. The timing of these additional expenses could affect our cost of revenue, both in terms of absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenue, in any particular quarterly or annual period.

 

Operating Expenses

 

We classify our operating expenses as follows:

 

Research and Development.  Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel and related expenses for our research and development staff, including salaries, benefits, incentive compensation and stock-based compensation, in addition to the costs associated with contractors and allocated overhead. We have focused our research and development efforts on expanding the functionality and scalability of our products and enhancing their ease of use, as well as creating new product offerings. We expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we intend to continue to periodically release new features and functionality, expand our product offerings, continue the localization of our products in various languages, upgrade and extend our service offerings, and develop new technologies. Over the long term, we believe that research and development expenses as a percentage of revenue will decrease, but will vary depending upon the mix of revenue from new and existing products, features and functionality, as well as changes in the technology that our products must support, such as new operating systems or new Internet-connected devices.

 

Sales and Marketing.  Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel and related expenses for our sales and marketing staff, including salaries, benefits, incentive compensation, commissions, stock-based compensation and travel costs, amortization of acquired intangible assets, in addition to costs associated with marketing and promotional events, corporate communications, advertising, other brand building and product marketing expenses and allocated overhead. Our sales and marketing expenses have increased in absolute dollars in each of the last three years. We intend to continue to invest in sales and marketing and increase the number of sales representatives to add new customers and expand the sale of our product offerings within our existing customer base, build brand awareness and sponsor additional marketing events. Accordingly, in future periods we expect sales and marketing expense to increase in absolute dollars and continue to be our most significant operating expense. Over the long term, we believe that sales and marketing expense as a percentage of revenue will decrease, but will vary depending upon the mix of revenue from new and existing customers and from small, medium-sized and enterprise customers, as well as changes in the productivity of our sales and marketing programs.

 

General and Administrative.  General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel and related expenses for executive, legal, finance, information technology and human resources functions, including salaries, benefits, incentive compensation and stock-based compensation, in addition to the costs associated with professional fees, insurance premiums, other corporate expenses and allocated overhead. In future periods we expect general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to incur additional personnel and professional services costs in order to support the growth of our business. Over the long term, we believe that general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue will decrease.

 

Merger-related.  Merger-related costs consisted of transaction expenses incurred as part of the Unicorn acquisition as well as costs associated with the retention of key employees of Unicorn and Zencoder. Approximately $1.6 million is required to be paid to retain certain key employees from the Unicorn acquisition. The period in which these services are to be performed varies by employee. Additionally, approximately $2.5 million was required to be paid to retain certain key employees from the Zencoder acquisition over a two-year period from the date of acquisition of Zencoder as services were performed. Given that the retention amount is related to a future service requirement, the related expense is being recorded as merger-related compensation expense in the consolidated statement of operations over the expected service period.

 

  

Other Expense

 

Other expense consists primarily of interest income earned on our cash, cash equivalents and investments, foreign exchange gains and losses, interest expense payable on our debt, loss on disposal of equipment and changes in the fair value of the warrants issued in connection with a line of credit.

 

Non-Controlling Interest

 

On January 8, 2013, we acquired the remaining 37% interest in Brightcove KK for a purchase price of approximately $1.1 million. As a result of the transaction, we now own 100% of Brightcove KK and will continue to consolidate Brightcove KK for financial reporting purposes, however, commencing on January 8, 2013, we will no longer record a non-controlling interest in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

Income Taxes

 

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. We account for income taxes in accordance with the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and income tax bases of assets and liabilities using statutory rates. In addition, this method requires a valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. We have provided a valuation allowance against our existing net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2014, with the exception of the deferred tax assets related to Brightcove KK.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

 

Our cost of revenue, research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses include stock-based compensation expense. Stock-based compensation expense represents the fair value of outstanding stock options and restricted stock awards, which is recognized as expense over the respective stock option and restricted stock award service periods. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, we recorded $6.4 million, $6.4 million, and $5.8 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense. We expect stock-based compensation expense to increase in absolute dollars in future periods.

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

With regard to our international operations, we frequently enter into transactions in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. As a result, our revenue, expenses and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the euro, British pound, Australian dollar, and Japanese yen. For the year ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, 44%, 45%, and 41%, respectively, of our revenue was generated in locations outside the United States. During the same periods, 31%, 31%, and 29%, respectively, of our revenue was in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, as were some of the associated expenses. In periods when the U.S. dollar declines in value as compared to the foreign currencies in which we conduct business, our foreign currency-based revenue and expenses generally increase in value when translated into U.S. dollars. We expect our foreign currency-based revenue to increase in absolute dollars and as a percentage of total revenue.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Our actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

 

We believe that the following significant accounting policies, which are more fully described in the notes to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We primarily derive revenue from the sale of our online video platform, which enables our customers to publish and distribute video to Internet-connected devices quickly, easily and in a cost-effective and high-quality manner. Revenue is derived from three primary sources: (1) the subscription to our technology and related support; (2) hosting, bandwidth and encoding services; and (3) professional services, which include initiation, set-up and customization services.

 

We recognize revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the service has been provided to the customer; (3) the collection of fees is probable; and (4) the amount of fees to be paid by the customer is fixed or determinable.

 

Our subscription arrangements provide customers the right to access our hosted software applications. Customers do not have the right to take possession of our software during the hosting arrangement. Accordingly, we recognize revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 605, Revenue Recognition. Contracts for premium customers generally have a term of one year and are non-cancellable. These contracts generally provide the customer with an annual level of usage, and provide the rate at which the customer must pay for actual usage above the annual allowable usage. For these services, we recognize the annual fee ratably as revenue each month. Should a customer’s usage of our services exceed the annual allowable level, revenue is recognized for such excess in the period of the usage. Contracts for volume customers are generally month-to-month arrangements, have a maximum monthly level of usage and provide the rate at which the customer must pay for actual usage above the monthly allowable usage. The monthly volume subscription and support and usage fees are recognized as revenue during the period in which the related cash is collected.

 

  

Revenue recognition commences upon the later of when the application is placed in a production environment, or when all revenue recognition criteria have been met.

 

Professional services and other revenue sold on a stand-alone basis are recognized as the services are performed, subject to any refund or other obligation.

 

Deferred revenue includes amounts billed to customers for which revenue has not been recognized, and primarily consists of the unearned portion of annual software subscription and support fees, and deferred professional service fees.

 

Revenue is presented net of any taxes collected from customers.

 

Multiple-Element Arrangements

 

We periodically enter into multiple-element service arrangements that include platform subscription fees, support fees, initiation fees, and, in certain cases, other professional services.

 

We assess arrangements with multiple deliverables under Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements — a Consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force. Arrangement consideration is allocated to deliverables based on their relative selling price.

 

In order to treat deliverables in a multiple-element arrangement as separate units of accounting, the deliverables must have stand-alone value upon delivery. If the deliverables have stand-alone value upon delivery, we account for each deliverable separately. Subscription services have stand-alone value as such services are often sold separately. In determining whether professional services have stand-alone value, we consider the following factors for each professional services agreement: availability of the services from other vendors, the nature of the professional services, the timing of when the professional services contract was signed in comparison to the subscription service start date, and the contractual dependence of the subscription service on the customer’s satisfaction with the professional services work. To date, we have concluded that all of the professional services included in multiple-element arrangements executed have stand-alone value, with the exception of initiation and activation fees.

 

When multiple deliverables included in an arrangement are separated into different units of accounting, the arrangement consideration is allocated to the identified separate units based on a relative selling price hierarchy. We determine the relative selling price for a deliverable based on its vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value (VSOE), if available, or its best estimate of selling price (BESP), if VSOE is not available. We have determined that third-party evidence of selling price is not a practical alternative due to differences in our service offerings compared to other parties and the availability of relevant third party pricing information. The amount of revenue allocated to delivered items is limited by contingent revenue, if any.

 

We have not established VSOE for our offerings due to the lack of pricing consistency, the introduction of new services and other factors. Accordingly, we use our BESP to determine the relative selling price. We determine BESP by considering our overall pricing objectives and market conditions. Significant pricing practices taken into consideration include our discounting practices, the size and volume of our transactions, the geographic area where services are sold, price lists, our go-to-market strategy, historical contractually stated prices and prior relationships and future subscription service sales with certain classes of customers.

 

The determination of BESP is made through consultation with and approval by our management, taking into consideration the go-to-market strategy. As our go-to-market strategies evolve, we may modify our pricing practices in the future, which could result in changes in selling prices, including both VSOE and BESP. We plan to analyze the selling prices used in our allocation of arrangement consideration, at a minimum, on an annual basis. Selling prices will be analyzed on a more frequent basis if a significant change in our business necessitates a more timely analysis or if we experience significant variances in our selling prices.

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

We offset gross trade accounts receivable with an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts is our best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in our existing accounts receivable and is based upon historical loss patterns, the number of days that billings are past due and an evaluation of the potential risk of loss associated with specific accounts. Provisions for allowances for doubtful accounts are recorded in general and administrative expense. If, upon signing a customer arrangement, the related account receivable is not considered collectable, we will defer the associated revenue until we collect the cash. To date, we have not incurred any significant write-offs of accounts receivable and have not been required to revise any of our assumptions or estimates used in determining our allowance for doubtful accounts. As of December 31, 2014, our allowance for doubtful accounts was $181,000.

 

  

Software Development Costs

 

Costs incurred to develop software applications used in our on-demand application services consist of (a) certain external direct costs of materials and services incurred in developing or obtaining internal-use computer software and (b) payroll and payroll-related costs for employees who are directly associated with, and who devote time to, the project. These costs generally consist of internal labor during configuration, coding and testing activities. Research and development costs incurred during the preliminary project stage or costs incurred for data conversion activities, training, maintenance and general and administrative or overhead costs are expensed as incurred. Capitalization begins when the preliminary project stage is complete, management with the relevant authority authorizes and commits to the funding of the software project, it is probable the project will be completed, and the software will be used to perform the functions intended and certain functional and quality standards have been met. Qualified costs incurred during the operating stage of our software applications relating to upgrades and enhancements are capitalized to the extent it is probable that they will result in added functionality, while costs that cannot be separated between maintenance of, and minor upgrades and enhancements to, internal-use software are expensed as incurred. These capitalized costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of the software, which is three years. We capitalized $474,000 in 2014, $1.1 million in 2013 and $24,000 in 2012, respectively, of internal-use software development costs. Amortization of software development costs was $397,000 in 2014, $312,000 in 2013 and $542,000 in 2012, respectively.

 

In addition to the software development costs described above, we incur costs to develop computer software to be licensed or otherwise marketed to customers. Costs incurred in the research, design and development of software for sale to others are charged to expense until technological feasibility is established. We capitalize direct computer software development costs upon achievement of technological feasibility subject to net realizable value considerations. Thereafter, software development costs are capitalized until the product is released and amortized to product cost of sales on a straight-line basis over the lesser of three years or the estimated economic lives of the respective products. We have determined that technological feasibility is established at the time a working model of software is completed. Because we believe our current process for developing software will be essentially completed concurrently with the establishment of technological feasibility, no costs have been capitalized to date.

 

Income Taxes

 

We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and international jurisdictions, and we use estimates in determining our provision for income taxes. We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method for accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and income tax basis of assets and liabilities using statutory rates. This process requires us to project our current tax liability and estimate our deferred tax assets and liabilities, including net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, we considered our recent operating results, future taxable income projections and feasible tax planning strategies. We have provided a valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2014 with the exception of the deferred tax assets related to Brightcove KK. Due to the evolving nature and complexity of tax regulations combined with the number of jurisdictions in which we operate, it is possible that our estimates of our tax liability could change in the future, which may result in additional tax liabilities and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

 

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, we had no material unrecognized tax benefits.

 

Business Combinations

 

We record tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations under the purchase method of accounting. Amounts paid for each acquisition are allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their fair values at the date of acquisition. We then allocate the purchase price in excess of net tangible assets acquired to identifiable intangible assets based on detailed valuations that use information and assumptions provided by management. We allocate any excess purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed to goodwill. If the fair value of the assets acquired exceeds our purchase price, the excess is recognized as a gain.

 

Significant management judgments and assumptions are required in determining the fair value of acquired assets and liabilities, particularly acquired intangible assets. The valuation of purchased intangible assets is based upon estimates of the future performance and cash flows from the acquired business. Each asset is measured at fair value from the perspective of a market participant.

 

If different assumptions are used, it could materially impact the purchase price allocation and adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

 

Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets

 

We record goodwill when consideration paid in a purchase acquisition exceeds the fair value of the net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but rather is tested for impairment annually or more frequently if facts and circumstances warrant a review. Conditions that could trigger a more frequent impairment assessment include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in certain agreements, significant underperformance relative to historical or projected future operating results, an economic downturn in customers’ industries, increased competition, a significant reduction in our stock price for a sustained period or a reduction of our market capitalization relative to net book value. We evaluate impairment by comparing the estimated fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value. We estimate fair value primarily utilizing the market approach, which calculates fair value based on the market values of comparable companies or comparable transactions. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates. The estimates we make in determining the fair value of our reporting unit involve the application of judgment, which could affect the timing and size of any future impairment charges. Impairment of our goodwill could significantly affect our operating results and financial position.

 

Intangible assets are recorded at their estimated fair value at the date of acquisition. We amortize our intangible assets over their estimated useful lives based on the pattern of consumption of the economic benefit or, if that pattern cannot be readily determined, on a straight-line basis. Amortization is recorded over the estimated useful lives ranging from two to fourteen years.

 

  

We review our intangible assets subject to amortization to determine if any adverse conditions exist or a change in circumstances has occurred that would indicate impairment or a change in the remaining useful life. If the carrying value of an asset exceeds its undiscounted cash flows, we will write down the carrying value of the intangible asset to its fair value in the period identified. In assessing recoverability, we must make assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows and discount rates. If these estimates or related assumptions change in the future, we may be required to record impairment charges. We generally calculate fair value as the present value of estimated future cash flows to be generated by the asset using a risk adjusted discount rate. If the estimate of an intangible asset’s remaining useful life is changed, we will amortize the remaining carrying value of the intangible asset prospectively over the revised remaining useful life.

 

We adopted ASU No. 2011-08, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) Testing Goodwill for Impairment. Under ASU 2011-08, we have the option to assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount to determine whether further impairment testing is necessary. Based on the assessment of these qualitative factors, we determined that no impairment indicators were noted, allowing us to forego the quantitative analysis.

 

Stock-based Compensation

 

Accounting guidance requires employee stock-based payments to be accounted for under the fair value method. Under this method, we are required to record compensation cost based on the estimated fair value for stock-based awards granted over the requisite service periods for the individual awards, which generally equals the vesting periods. We use the straight-line amortization method for recognizing stock-based compensation expense associated with equity awards to employees.

 

We estimate the fair value of employee stock options on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires the use of highly subjective estimates and assumptions. For restricted stock awards issued we estimate the fair value of each grant based on the stock price of our common stock on the date of grant. As there was no public market for our common stock prior to February 17, 2012, the effective date of our initial public offering, or IPO, and as the trading history of our common stock was limited through December 31, 2012, we determined the volatility for options granted based on an analysis of reported data for a peer group of companies that issued options with substantially similar terms. The expected volatility of options granted has been determined using an average of the historical volatility measures of this peer group of companies. The expected life assumption is based on the “simplified method” for estimating expected term as we do not have sufficient stock option exercise experience to support a reasonable estimate of the expected term. The risk-free interest rate is based on a treasury instrument whose term is consistent with the expected life of the stock options. We use an expected dividend rate of zero as we currently have no history or expectation of paying dividends on our common stock. In addition, we have estimated expected forfeitures of stock options based on our historical forfeiture rate and used these rates in developing a future forfeiture rate. If our actual forfeiture rate varies from our historical rates and estimates, additional adjustments to compensation expense may be required in future periods.

 

The relevant data used to determine the value of the stock option grants is as follows:

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
Risk-free interest rate			2.16	%			1.80	%			1.25	%
Expected volatility			52	%			54	%			57	%
Expected life (in years)			6.2				6.2				6.2
Expected dividend yield			—				—				—

 

Results of Operations

 

The following tables set forth our results of operations for the periods presented. The period-to-period comparison of financial results is not necessarily indicative of future results.

 

  

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
		(in thousands)
Consolidated statements of operations data:
Revenue:
Subscription and support revenue		$	120,324			$	103,116			$	84,257
Professional services and other revenue			4,693				6,779				3,716
Total revenue			125,017				109,895				87,973
Cost of revenue:
Cost of subscription and support revenue			38,015				29,205				22,553
Cost of professional services and other revenue			5,718				7,585				4,831
Total cost of revenue			43,733				36,790				27,384
Gross profit			81,284				73,105				60,589
Operating expenses:
Research and development			28,252				21,052				18,725
Sales and marketing			46,014				41,000				38,725
General and administrative			19,136				18,478				16,734
Merger-related			3,075				2,069				1,852
Total operating expenses			96,477				82,599				76,036
Loss from operations			(15,193	)			(9,494	)			(15,447	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income			11				58				106
Interest expense			(96	)			—				(241	)
Other expense, net			(1,355	)			(594	)			(359	)
Total other expense, net			(1,440	)			(536	)			(494	)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary			(16,633	)			(10,030	)			(15,941	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes			260				212				(3,489	)
Consolidated net loss			(16,893	)			(10,242	)			(12,452	)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary			—				(20	)			(734	)
Net loss attributable to Brightcove Inc.			(16,893	)			(10,262	)			(13,186	)
Accretion of dividends on redeemable convertible preferred stock			—				—				(733	)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders		$	(16,893	)		$	(10,262	)		$	(13,919	)

 

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

Total revenue increased by 14%, or $15.1 million, in 2014 compared to 2013 due to an increase in subscription and support revenue of 17%, or $17.2 million, respectively, which was offset in part by a decrease in professional services and other revenue of 31%, or $2.1 million, respectively. The increase in subscription and support revenue resulted primarily from an increase in the number of our premium customers, which was 1,863 as of December 31, 2014 an increase of 6% from 1,762 customers as of December 31, 2013, as well as a 7% increase in the average annual subscription revenue per premium customer and a $6.5 million contribution of revenue from the acquisition of Unicorn. Our ability to continue to provide the product functionality and performance that our customers require will be a major factor in our ability to continue to increase revenue.

 

Our gross profit increased by $8.2 million, or 11%, in 2014 compared to 2013, primarily due to an increase in revenue. With the continued growth in our total revenue, our ability to continue to maintain our overall gross profit will depend on our ability to continue controlling our costs of delivery.

 

Loss from operations was $15.2 million in 2014 compared to $9.5 million in 2013. Loss from operations in 2014 included stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets and merger-related expenses of $6.4 million, $3.2 million and $3.1 million, respectively. Loss from operations in 2013 included stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets and merger-related expenses of $6.4 million, $1.7 million and $2.1 million, respectively. Over time we expect to reduce our loss from operations increasing sales to both new and existing customers and from improved efficiencies throughout our organization as we continue to grow and scale our operations.

 

As of December 31, 2014, we had $22.9 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, a decrease of $10.1 million from $33.0 million at December 31, 2013, due primarily to $9.1 million of net cash paid as part of the Unicorn acquisition, and $3.5 million in capital expenditures, which was offset in part by $3.1 million in maturities of investments.

 

Revenue

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014								2013								Change
Revenue by  Product Line		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Premium		$	114,803				92	%		$	99,468				91	%		$	15,335				15	%
Volume			10,214				8				10,427				9				(213	)			(2	)
Total		$	125,017				100	%		$	109,895				100	%		$	15,122				14	%

 

  

During 2014, revenue increased by $15.1 million, or 14%, compared to 2013, primarily due to an increase in revenue from our premium offerings, which consist of subscription and support revenue, as well as professional services and other revenue, and a $6.5 million contribution of revenue from the acquisition of Unicorn. The increase in premium revenue of $15.3 million, or 15%, compared to 2013, is partially the result of a 6% increase in the number of premium customers from 1,762 at December 31, 2013 to 1,863 at December 31, 2014, a 7% increase in the average annual subscription revenue per premium customer during the year ended December 31, 2014 and the contribution of revenue from the acquisition of Unicorn. During 2014, volume revenue decreased by $213,000, or 2%, compared to 2013, due primarily to the discontinuation of entry-level Video Cloud Express offerings.

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2014								2013
Revenue by Type		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Subscription and support		$	120,324				96	%		$	103,116				94	%		$	17,208				17	%
Professional services and other			4,693				4				6,779				6				(2,086	)			(31	))
Total		$	125,017				100	%		$	109,895				100	%		$	15,122				14	%

 

During 2014, subscription and support revenue increased by $17.2 million, or 17%, compared to 2013. The increase was primarily related to continued growth of our customer base for our premium offerings, including sales to both new and existing customers, a 7% increase in the average annual subscription revenue per premium customer and a $6.5 million contribution of revenue from the acquisition of Unicorn. Professional services and other revenue decreased by $2.1 million, or 31%, due to a decrease in the number of professional service engagements that were related to projects and implementations supporting subscription sales. Professional services and other revenue will vary from period to period depending on the number of implementations and other projects that are in process.

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2014								2013
Revenue by Geography		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
North America		$	75,419				60	%		$	65,336				59	%		$	10,083				15	%
Europe			30,624				25				27,180				25				3,444				13
Japan			7,902				6				6,497				6				1,405				22
Asia Pacific			10,109				8				10,095				9				14				-
Other			963				1				787				1				176				22
International subtotal			49,598				40				44,559				41				5,039				11
Total		$	125,017				100	%		$	109,895				100	%		$	15,122				14	%

 

For purposes of this section, we designate revenue by geographic regions based upon the locations of our customers. North America is comprised of revenue from the United States, Canada and Mexico. International is comprised of revenue from locations outside of North America. Depending on the timing of new customer contracts, revenue mix from a geographic region can vary from period to period.

 

During 2014, total revenue for North America increased $10.1 million, or 15%, compared to 2013. The increase in revenue for North America resulted primarily from an increase in subscription and support revenue from our premium offerings. During 2014, total revenue outside of North America increased $5.0 million, or 11%, compared to 2013. The increase in revenue internationally was the result of our increasing focus on marketing our services internationally.

 

 

Cost of Revenue

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2014								2013
Cost of Revenue		Amount				Percentage of Related Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Related Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Subscription and support		$	38,015				32	%		$	29,205				28	%		$	8,810				30	%
Professional services and other			5,718				122				7,585				112				(1,867	)			(25	)
Total		$	43,733				35	%		$	36,790				33	%		$	6,943				19	%

 

During 2014, cost of subscription and support revenue increased $8.8 million, or 30%, compared to 2013. The increase resulted primarily from an increase in the cost of network hosting services, content delivery network expenses, depreciation expense and employee-related expenses of $2.7 million, $2.4 million, $1.5 million and $650,000, respectively. There was also an increase in amortization of acquired intangible assets and third-party software integrated with our service offering of $934,000 and $270,000, respectively.

 

During 2014, cost of professional services and other revenue decreased $1.9 million, or 25%, compared to 2013. The decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in contractor expenses of $1.8 million.

 

Gross Profit

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2014								2013
Gross Profit		Amount				Percentage of Related Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Related Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Subscription and support		$	82,309				68	%		$	73,911				72	%		$	8,398				11	%
Professional services and other			(1,025	)			(22	)			(806	)			(12	)			(219	)			(27	))
Total		$	81,284				65	%		$	73,105				67	%		$	8,179				11	%

 

During 2014, the overall gross profit percentage was 65% compared to 67% during 2013. Subscription and support gross profit increased $8.4 million, or 11%, compared to 2013. Professional services and other gross profit decreased $219,000, or 27%, compared to 2013. It is likely that gross profit, as a percentage of revenue, will fluctuate quarter by quarter due to the timing and mix of subscription and support revenue and professional services and other revenue, and the type, timing and duration of service required in delivering certain projects.

 

Operating Expenses

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2014								2013
Operating Expenses		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Research and development		$	28,252				23	%		$	21,052				19	%		$	7,200				34	%
Sales and marketing			46,014				37				41,000				37				5,014				12
General and administrative			19,136				15				18,478				17				658				4
Merger-related			3,075				2				2,069				2				1,006				49
Total		$	96,477				77	%		$	82,599				75	%		$	13,878				17	%

 

Research and Development.  During 2014, research and development expense increased by $7.2 million, or 34%, compared to 2013 primarily due to additional employee-related salaries and associated expenses, rent, travel, and contractor expenses of $4.8 million, $467,000, $455,000 and $438,000, respectively. Expenses related to computer maintenance and support and stock-based compensation also increased by $323,000 and $208,000, respectively. In future periods, we expect that our research and development expense will continue to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to add employees, develop new features and functionality for our products, introduce additional software solutions and expand our product and service offerings.

 

 

Sales and Marketing.  During 2014, sales and marketing expense increased $5.0 million, or 12%, compared to 2013 primarily due to additional employee-related salaries and associated expenses, travel expenses and marketing programs of $2.4 million, $1.2 million and $572,000, respectively. There were also increases in amortization of acquired intangible assets and rent expenses of $447,000 and $235,000, respectively. These increases were offset by a decrease in commission expenses of $469,000. We expect that our sales and marketing expense will continue to increase in absolute dollars along with our revenue, as we continue to expand sales coverage and build brand awareness through what we believe are cost-effective channels. We expect that such increases may fluctuate from period to period, however, due to the timing of marketing programs.

 

General and Administrative.  During 2014, general and administrative expense increased by $658,000, or 4%, compared to 2013 primarily due to an increase in outside accounting and legal fees, contractor expenses, and employee-related salaries and associated expenses of $648,000, $342,000 and $294,000, respectively. These increases were offset by a decrease in depreciation and bad debt expenses of $397,000 and $341,000, respectively. In future periods, we expect general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars as we add personnel and incur additional costs related to the growth of our business and operations.

 

Merger-related.  During 2014, merger-related expenses increased $1.0 million, or 49%, compared 2013 primary due to a $1.3 million increase in costs incurred in connection with closing the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Unicorn and $1.3 million in costs associated with the retention of certain employees of Unicorn. These costs were partially offset by a decrease in costs associated with the retention of certain employees of Zencoder of $1.6 million.

 

Other Expense, Net

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2014								2013
Other Expense		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Interest income, net		$	11				—	%		$	58				—	%		$	(47	)			(81	)%
Interest expense			(96	)			—				—				—				(96	)			nm
Other expense, net			(1,355	)			(1	)			(594	)			(1	)			(759	)			(128	)
Total		$	(1,440	)			(1	)%		$	(536	)			(1	)%		$	(902	)			(168	)%

 

During 2014, interest income, net, decreased by $47,000 compared to 2013. The decrease is primarily due to lower average cash balances as interest income is generated from the investment of our cash balances, less related bank fees.

 

The $96,000 of interest expense during 2014 is related to interest paid on capital leases. There was no interest expense in 2013.

 

The $759,000 increase in other expense, net, during 2014 was primarily due to an increase in foreign currency exchange losses of $768,000 upon collection of foreign denominated accounts receivable.

 

Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2014								2013
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		$	260				—	%		$	212				—	%		$	48				23	%

 

During 2014, provision for income taxes increased by $48,000 compared to 2013, and was primarily comprised of income tax expenses related to foreign jurisdictions.

 

Overview of Results of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012

 

Total revenue increased by 25%, or $21.9 million, in 2013 compared to 2012 due to an increase in subscription and support revenue of 22%, or $18.9 million, respectively, and an increase in professional services and other revenue of 82%, or $3.1 million, respectively. The increase in subscription and support revenue resulted primarily from an increase in the number of our premium customers, which was 1,762 as of December 31, 2013 an increase of 8% from 1,625 customers as of December 31, 2012, as well as an increase in revenue from existing customers. In addition, our revenue from volume offerings grew by $2.3 million, or 28%, from the prior year.

 

 

Our gross profit increased by $12.5 million, or 21%, in 2013 compared to 2012, primarily due to an increase in revenue. With the continued growth in our total revenue, our ability to continue to maintain our overall gross profit will depend on our ability to continue controlling our costs of delivery.

 

Loss from operations was $9.5 million in 2013 compared to $15.4 million in 2012. Loss from operations in 2013 included stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets and merger-related expenses of $6.4 million, $1.7 million and $2.1 million, respectively. Loss from operations in 2012 included stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets and merger-related expenses of $5.8 million, $644,000 and $1.9 million, respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2013, we had $33.0 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, an increase of $11.3 million from $21.7 million at December 31, 2012, due primarily to $8.2 million in maturities of investments offset by $1.1 million used to purchase the non-controlling interest of our Brightcove KK subsidiary and $3.9 million in capital expenditures to support the business.

 

Revenue

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2013								2012								Change
Revenue by Product Line		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Premium		$	99,468				91	%		$	79,796				91	%		$	19,672				25	%
Volume			10,427				9				8,177				9				2,250				28
Total		$	109,895				100	%		$	87,973				100	%		$	21,922				25	%

 

During 2013, revenue increased by $21.9 million, or 25%, compared to 2012, primarily due to an increase in revenue from our premium offerings, which consist of subscription and support revenue, as well as professional services and other revenue. The increase in premium revenue of $19.7 million, or 25%, compared to 2012, is partially the result of an 8% increase in the number of premium customers from 1,625 at December 31, 2012 to 1,762 at December 31, 2013. There were also increases in professional services revenue as well as an increase in revenue from existing customers. In 2013, volume revenue grew by $2.3 million, or 28%, compared to 2012. The increase can be attributed to recording a full 12 months of Zencoder volume revenue during 2013 as compared to only a partial year of revenue in the corresponding period of the prior year.

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2013								2012
Revenue by Type		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Subscription and support		$	103,116				94	%		$	84,257				96	%		$	18,859				22	%
Professional services and other			6,779				6				3,716				4				3,063				82
Total		$	109,895				100	%		$	87,973				100	%		$	21,922				25	%

 

During 2013, subscription and support revenue increased by $18.9 million, or 22%, compared to 2012. The increase was primarily related to the continued growth of our customer base for our premium offerings, including sales to both new and existing customers. Professional services and other revenue increased by $3.1 million, or 82%. During 2013, there was an increase in the number of professional services engagements that were related to projects and implementations supporting subscription sales. 

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2013								2012
Revenue by Geography		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
North America		$	65,336				59	%		$	55,836				63	%		$	9,500				17	%
Europe			27,180				25				20,314				23				6,866				34
Japan			6,497				6				5,949				7				548				9
Asia Pacific			10,095				9				5,174				6				4,921				95
Other			787				1				700				1				87				12
International subtotal			44,559				41				32,137				37				12,422				39
Total		$	109,895				100	%		$	87,973				100	%		$	21,922				25	%

 

  

For purposes of this section, we designate revenue by geographic regions based upon the locations of our customers. North America is comprised of revenue from the United States, Canada and Mexico. International is comprised of revenue from locations outside of North America. Depending on the timing of new customer contracts, revenue mix from a geographic region can vary from period to period.

 

During 2013, total revenue for North America increased $9.5 million, or 17%, compared to 2012. The increase in revenue for North America resulted primarily from an increase in subscription and support revenue from our premium offerings. During 2013, total revenue outside of North America increased $12.4 million, or 39%, compared to 2012. The increase in revenue internationally was the result of our increasing focus on marketing our services internationally.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2013								2012
Cost of Revenue		Amount				Percentage of Related Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Related Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Subscription and support		$	29,205				28	%		$	22,553				27	%		$	6,652				29	%
Professional services and other			7,585				112				4,831				130				2,754				57
Total		$	36,790				33	%		$	27,384				31	%		$	9,406				34	%

 

During 2013, cost of subscription and support revenue increased $6.7 million, or 29%, compared to 2012. The increase resulted primarily from an increase in the cost of content delivery network expenses, network hosting services, employee-related expenses and third-party software as a service integrated with our service offering of $3.6 million, $1.4 million, $436,000 and $175,000, respectively. There were also increases in amortization of acquired intangible assets and expenses related to computer maintenance and support of $634,000 and $309,000, respectively.

 

During 2013, cost of professional services and other revenue increased $2.8 million, or 57%, compared to 2012. The increase resulted primarily from an increase in contractor expenses and employee-related expenses of $2.1 million and $493,000, respectively, in order to support the increase in professional services engagements.

 

Gross Profit

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2013								2012
Gross Profit		Amount				Percentage of Related Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Related Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Subscription and support		$	73,911				72	%		$	61,704				73	%		$	12,207				20	%
Professional services and other			(806	)			(12	)			(1,115	)			(30	)			309				28
Total		$	73,105				67	%		$	60,589				69	%		$	12,516				21	%

 

During 2013, the overall gross profit percentage was 67% compared to 69% during 2012. It is likely that gross profit, as a percentage of revenue, will fluctuate quarter by quarter due to the timing and mix of subscription and support revenue and professional services and other revenue, and the type, timing and duration of service required in delivering certain projects. The professional services and other gross profit percentage increased from 2012 to 2013 as we continued to build the professional services organization while better leveraging fixed costs with increased customer implementation and customization projects.

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2013								2012
Operating Expenses		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Research and development		$	21,052				19	%		$	18,725				21	%		$	2,327				12	%
Sales and marketing			41,000				37				38,725				44				2,275				6
General and administrative			18,478				17				16,734				19				1,744				10
Merger-related			2,069				2				1,852				2				217				12
Total		$	82,599				75	%		$	76,036				86	%		$	6,563				9	%

 

Research and Development.  During 2013, research and development expense increased by $2.3 million, or 12%, compared to 2012 primarily due to increases in employee-related salaries and stock-based compensation expenses of $1.3 million and $504,000, respectively. Rent and travel expenses also increased by $254,000 and $210,000, respectively.

 

Sales and Marketing.  During 2013, sales and marketing expense increased $2.3 million, or 6%, compared to 2012 primarily due to increases in employee-related salaries, stock based compensation expense and marketing programs of $636,000, $619,000 and $350,000, respectively. There were also increases in rent and amortization of acquired intangible assets of $621,000 and $417,000, respectively. These increases were offset by a decrease in commission expenses of $547,000.

 

General and Administrative.  During 2013, general and administrative expense increased by $1.7 million, or 10%, compared 2012 primarily due to an increase in outside accounting and legal fees, insurance and investor relations of $1.2 million, $193,000 and $149,000, respectively. There were also increases in bad debt, rent and contractor expenses of $312,000, $149,000 and $112,000, respectively.

 

Merger-related.  During 2013, we incurred $2.1 million of merger-related expenses, of which $1.7 million was associated with the retention of certain employees of Zencoder and $429,000 was related to transaction expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of Unicorn Media. During 2012, we incurred merger-related expenses associated with the retention of certain employees of Zencoder of $826,000, in addition to transaction expenses of $1.1 million incurred in connection with the acquisition of Zencoder.

 

Other Expense, Net

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2013								2012
Other Expense		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Interest income, net		$	58				—	%		$	106				—	%		$	(48	)			(45	)%
Interest expense			—				—				(241	)			—				241				100
Other expense, net			(594	)			(1	)			(359	)			(1	)			(235	)			(65	)
Total		$	(536	)			(1	)%		$	(494	)			(1	)%		$	(42	)			(9	)%

 

During 2013, interest income, net, decreased by $48,000 compared to 2012. The decrease is primarily due to lower average cash balances as interest income is generated from the investment of our cash balances, less related bank fees.

 

The interest expense during 2012 is related to borrowings under our term loan which were repaid during the first quarter of 2012. The increase in other expense, net during 2013 was primarily due to an increase in foreign currency exchange losses of $329,000 upon collection of foreign denominated accounts receivable.

 

Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes

 

		Year Ended December 31,																Change
		2013								2012
Provision for (Benefit from) Income Taxes		Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				Percentage of Revenue				Amount				%
		(in thousands, except percentages)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		$	212				—	%		$	(3,489	)			(4	)%		$	3,701				(106	)%

 

The provision for income taxes during 2013 was primarily comprised of income tax expenses related to foreign jurisdictions. During 2012, we recorded a benefit from income taxes of approximately $3.4 million related to the reduction of our valuation against our existing net deferred tax assets to offset certain deferred tax liabilities on amortizable intangibles recognized upon the acquisition of Zencoder. Upon the closing of the acquisition of Zencoder, we assumed $3.4 million of net deferred tax liabilities which created a future source of taxable income for which our net deferred tax assets can be realized and as a result we reduced the valuation allowance by approximately $3.4 million during 2012. We also recorded a $193,000 benefit for the release of the valuation allowance related to the remaining deferred tax assets of Brightcove KK. Based upon the level of historical income of Brightcove KK and future projections, we determined in the fourth quarter of 2012 that it was probable we will realize the benefits of future deductible differences in Japan. These benefits were partially offset by $109,000 of expense relating to income tax in foreign jurisdictions.

 

  

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

In connection with our initial public offering in February 2012, we received aggregate proceeds of approximately $58.8 million, including the proceeds from the underwriters’ exercise of their overallotment option, net of underwriters’ discounts and commissions, but before deducting offering expenses of approximately $4.3 million. Prior to our initial public offering, we funded our operations primarily through private placements of preferred and common stock, as well as through borrowings of $7.0 million under our bank credit facilities. In February 2012, we repaid the $7.0 million balance under our bank credit facilities. All of the preferred stock was converted into shares of our common stock in connection with our initial public offering.

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
		(in thousands)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow Data
Purchases of property and equipment		$	(3,518	)		$	(3,415	)		$	(6,299	)
Depreciation and amortization			8,587				5,867				4,666
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities			1,485				7,318				(1,209	)
Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities			(10,471	)			4,266				(45,000	)
Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities			(802	)			746				51,109

 

Cash and cash equivalents.

 

Our cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2014 were held for working capital purposes and were invested primarily in money market funds. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes. At December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, restricted cash was $201,000 and $322,000, respectively, and was held in certificates of deposit as collateral for letters of credit related to the contractual provisions of our corporate credit cards and the contractual provisions with a customer. At December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, we had $3.3 million and $7.9 million, respectively, of cash and cash equivalents held by subsidiaries in international locations, including subsidiaries located in Japan and the United Kingdom. It is our current intention to permanently reinvest unremitted earnings in such subsidiaries or to repatriate the earnings only when tax effective. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our anticipated working capital and capital expenditure needs over at least the next 12 months.

 

Accounts receivable, net.

 

Our accounts receivable balance fluctuates from period to period, which affects our cash flow from operating activities. The fluctuations vary depending on the timing of our billing activity, cash collections, and changes to our allowance for doubtful accounts. In many instances we receive cash payment from a customer prior to the time we are able to recognize revenue on a transaction. We record these payments as deferred revenue, which has a positive effect on our accounts receivable balances. We use days’ sales outstanding, or DSO, calculated on a quarterly basis, as a measurement of the quality and status of our receivables. We define DSO as (a) accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, divided by total revenue for the most recent quarter, multiplied by (b) the number of days in that quarter. DSO was 63 days at December 31, 2014, 67 days at December 31, 2013, and 72 days at December 31, 2012.

 

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities.

 

Cash provided by operating activities consists primarily of net loss adjusted for certain non-cash items including depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, the provision for bad debts and the effect of changes in working capital and other activities. Cash provided by operating activities during 2014 was $1.5 million and consisted of $16.9 million of net loss offset in part by non-cash expenses of $6.4 million for stock-based compensation expense and $8.6 million for depreciation and amortization expense. Uses of cash included a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $2.3 million and $1.9 million, respectively. These outflows were offset in part by decreases in accounts receivable and other assets of $0.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively, and an increase in deferred revenue of $6.1 million. Increases in deferred revenue primarily related to an increase in sales of our subscription and support services to both new and existing customers.

 

Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities.

 

Cash used in investing activities during 2014 was $10.5 million, consisting primarily of $9.1 million used for the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Unicorn, $3.5 million in capital expenditures to support the Unicorn business following the acquisition and $1.0 million for the capitalization of internal-use software costs. These outflows were offset in part by $3.1 million from the maturities of investments.

 

  

Cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities

 

Cash used in financing activities during 2014 was $802,000, consisting of payments under capital lease obligations of $1.4 million offset in part by proceeds received from the exercise of common stock options of $597,000.

 

Credit facility borrowings.

 

On March 30, 2011, we entered into a loan and security agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB, providing for an asset-based line of credit. Under this loan and security agreement, we could borrow up to the lesser of (i) $8.0 million or (ii) 80% of our eligible accounts receivable. The amounts owed under the loan and security agreement are secured by substantially all of our assets, excluding our intellectual property. Amounts owed under the loan and security agreement were due on March 31, 2013, and interest and related finance charges were payable monthly.

 

On April 29, 2013, we amended our loan and security agreement with SVB to increase the aggregate amount of borrowings that may be outstanding under our asset-based line of credit from $8.0 million to $10.0 million and to extend the maturity date to March 30, 2015.

 

On October 3, 2014, we further amended our loan and security agreement with SVB pursuant to the Third Loan Modification Agreement (the “Modification Agreement”) to (i) increase the aggregate amount of borrowings that may be outstanding under our asset-based line of credit from $10.0 million to $20.0 million, (ii) increase the aggregate Facility Amount (as defined in the loan and security agreement) available pursuant to the loan and security agreement from $12.5 million to $25.0 million, (iii) provide for an unused line fee of 0.25% of the average unused portion of the Maximum Availability Amount (as defined in the loan and security agreement) per year and (iv) extend the maturity date to October 3, 2016. The interest rate decreased from the prime rate plus 1.5% to the prime rate plus 0.75%. Under the Modification Agreement, we must comply with certain financial covenants, including maintaining a minimum asset coverage ratio, a minimum net income threshold based on non-GAAP operating measures and a minimum net cash balance at certain points throughout the year. The interest rate will increase to the prime rate plus 2.25% if we are not able to meet the minimum asset coverage ratio. We had no outstanding borrowings under this line of credit at December 31, 2014. We were in compliance with all covenants under the loan and security agreement as of December 31, 2014.

 

Net operating loss carryforwards.

 

As of December 31, 2014, we had federal and state net operating losses of approximately $132.6 million and $63.8 million, respectively, which are available to offset future taxable income, if any, through 2034. Included in the federal and state net operating losses are deductions attributable to excess tax benefits from the exercise of non-qualified stock options of $12.1 million and $7.7 million, respectively. The tax benefits attributable to these net operating losses are credited directly to additional paid-in capital when realized. The Company has not realized any such tax benefits through December 31, 2014. We had research and development tax credits of $4.6 million and $2.8 million, respectively, which expire in various amounts through 2034. Our net operating loss and tax credit amounts are subject to annual limitations under Section 382 change of ownership rules of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. We completed an assessment to determine whether there may have been a Section 382 ownership change and determined that it is more likely than not that our net operating and tax credit amounts as disclosed are not subject to any material Section 382 limitations.

 

In assessing our ability to utilize our net deferred tax assets, we considered whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of our net deferred tax assets will not be realized. Based upon the level of our historical U.S. losses and future projections over the period in which the net deferred tax assets are deductible, at this time, we believe it is more likely than not that we will not realize the benefits of these deductible differences. Accordingly, we have provided a valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. 

 

We have historically provided a valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets in Japan. Based upon the level of historical income in Japan and future projections, we determined in the fourth quarter of 2012 that it was probable that we will realize the benefits of our future deductible differences. As such, we released the valuation allowance related to the remaining deferred tax assets in Japan and recorded a $193,000 income tax benefit in our consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commitments.

 

Our principal commitments consist primarily of obligations under our leases for our office space, capital lease arrangements for certain computer equipment and contractual commitments for hosting and other support services. Other than these lease obligations and contractual commitments, we do not have commercial commitments under lines of credit, standby repurchase obligations or other such debt arrangements. The following table summarizes these contractual obligations at December 31, 2014:

 

		Payment Due by Period
		Total				Less than 1 Year				1 – 3 Years				3 – 5 Years				More than 5 years
		(in thousands)
Operating lease obligations		$	31,113			$	5,998			$	9,512			$	7,652			$	7,951
Capital lease obligations			1,684				1,159				525				-				-
Outstanding purchase obligations			25,071				9,071				16,000				-				-
Total		$	57,868			$	16,228			$	26,037			$	7,652			$	7,951

 

  

Anticipated Cash Flows

 

We expect to incur significant operating costs, particularly related to services delivery costs, sales and marketing and research and development, for the foreseeable future in order to execute our business plan. We anticipate that such operating costs, as well as planned capital expenditures will constitute a material use of our cash resources. As a result, our net cash flows will depend heavily on the level of future sales, changes in deferred revenue and our ability to manage infrastructure costs.

 

We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. Our future working capital requirements will depend on many factors, including the rate of our revenue growth, our introduction of new products and enhancements, and our expansion of sales and marketing and product development activities. To the extent that our cash and cash equivalents, short and long-term investments and cash flow from operating activities are insufficient to fund our future activities, we may need to raise additional funds through bank credit arrangements or public or private equity or debt financings. We also may need to raise additional funds in the event we determine in the future to acquire businesses, technologies and products that will complement our existing operations. In the event funding is required, we may not be able to obtain bank credit arrangements or equity or debt financing on terms acceptable to us or at all.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any special purpose entities or off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board jointly issued ASU No. 2014-9, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which clarifies the principles for recognizing revenue and develops a common revenue standard for GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The ASU is effective for public entities for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is not permitted under GAAP and retrospective application is permitted but not required. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our financial position and results of operations.

 

In August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. ASU 2014-15 requires management to evaluate, at each annual or interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that exist that raise substantial doubt about an entity's ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and provide related disclosures. ASU 2014-15 is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016 and earlier application is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2014-15 is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

 

We have operations both within the United States and internationally, and we are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These risks include primarily foreign exchange risks, interest rate and inflation.

 

Financial instruments

 

Financial instruments meeting fair value disclosure requirements consist of cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable. The fair value of these financial instruments approximates their carrying amount.

 

Foreign currency exchange risk

 

Our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly changes in the euro, British pound, Australian dollar and Japanese yen. Except for revenue transactions in Japan, we enter into transactions directly with substantially all of our foreign customers.

 

Percentage of revenues and expenses in foreign currency is as follows:

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013
Revenues generated in locations outside the United States			44	%			45	%
Revenues in currencies other than the United States dollar (1)			31	%			31	%
Expenses in currencies other than the United States dollar (1)			15	%			15	%

   

(1)

Percentage of revenues and expenses denominated in foreign currency for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

 

 

		Year Ended December 31, 2014
		Revenues				Expenses
Euro			12	%			2	%
British pound			8				6
Japanese yen			6				3
Other			5				4
Total			31	%			15	%

 

		Year Ended December 31, 2013
		Revenues				Expenses
Euro			14	%			3	%
British pound			7				6
Japanese yen			6				3
Other			4				3
Total			31	%			15	%

 

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, we had $6.9 million and $8.0 million, respectively, of receivables denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. We also maintain cash accounts denominated in currencies other than the local currency, which exposes us to foreign exchange rate movements.

 

In addition, although our foreign subsidiaries have intercompany accounts that are eliminated upon consolidation, these accounts expose us to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Exchange rate fluctuations on short-term intercompany accounts are recorded in our consolidated statements of operations under “other income (expense), net”, while exchange rate fluctuations on long-term intercompany accounts are recorded in our consolidated balance sheets under “accumulated other comprehensive income” in stockholders’ equity, as they are considered part of our net investment and hence do not give rise to gains or losses.

 

Currently, our largest foreign currency exposures are the euro and British pound, primarily because our European operations have a higher proportion of our local currency denominated expenses. Relative to foreign currency exposures existing at December 31, 2014, a 10% unfavorable movement in foreign currency exchange rates would expose us to significant losses in earnings or cash flows or significantly diminish the fair value of our foreign currency financial instruments. For the year ended December 31, 2014, we estimated that a 10% unfavorable movement in foreign currency exchange rates would have decreased revenues by $3.9 million, decreased expenses by $2.1 million and decreased operating income by $1.8 million. The estimates used assume that all currencies move in the same direction at the same time and the ratio of non-U.S. dollar denominated revenue and expenses to U.S. dollar denominated revenue and expenses does not change from current levels. Since a portion of our revenue is deferred revenue that is recorded at different foreign currency exchange rates, the impact to revenue of a change in foreign currency exchange rates is recognized over time, and the impact to expenses is more immediate, as expenses are recognized at the current foreign currency exchange rate in effect at the time the expense is incurred. All of the potential changes noted above are based on sensitivity analyses performed on our financial results as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.

 

Interest rate risk

 

We had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents totaling $22.9 million at December 31, 2014. Cash and cash equivalents were invested primarily in money market funds and are held for working capital purposes. We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio. Declines in interest rates, however, would reduce future interest income. We incurred $96,000 of interest expense during 2014 related to interest paid on capital leases. While we continue to incur interest expense in connection with our capital leases, the interest expense is fixed and not subject to changes in market interest rates. In the event that we borrow under our line of credit, which bears interest at the prime rate plus 0.25%, the related interest expense recorded would be subject to changes in the prime rate of interest.

 

Inflation risk

 

We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. If our costs were to become subject to significant inflationary pressures, we may not be able to fully offset such higher costs through price increases. Our inability or failure to do so could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

  

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

 

Brightcove Inc.

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

		Page No.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			F-1
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013			F-2
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012			F-3
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012			F-4
Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012			F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012			F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			F-9

 

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Brightcove Inc.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Brightcove Inc. as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Brightcove Inc. at December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Brightcove Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated March 5, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Boston, Massachusetts

March 5, 2015

 

  

Brightcove Inc.

  

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

		December 31,
		2014				2013
		(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	22,916			$	33,047
Short-term investments			—				3,061
Restricted cash			—				121
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $181 and $461 at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively			21,463				21,560
Prepaid expenses			3,127				2,895
Deferred tax asset			109				125
Other current assets			1,215				1,116
Total current assets			48,830				61,925
Property and equipment, net			10,372				8,795
Intangible assets, net			16,898				8,668
Goodwill			50,776				22,018
Restricted cash, net of current portion			201				201
Other assets			507				1,519
Total assets		$	127,584			$	103,126
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		$	1,618			$	3,067
Accrued expenses			11,722				14,528
Capital lease liability			1,159				—
Deferred revenue			29,640				23,571
Total current liabilities			44,139				41,166
Deferred revenue, net of current portion			64				247
Other liabilities			2,618				1,333
Total liabilities			46,821				42,746
Commitments and contingencies (Note 6 )
Stockholders’ equity:
Undesignated preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued			—				—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 32,424,554 and 29,034,919 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively			32				29
Additional paid-in capital			214,524				176,928
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(776	)			(453	)
Accumulated deficit			(133,017	)			(116,124	)
Total stockholders’ equity			80,763				60,380
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$	127,584			$	103,126

 

See accompanying notes.

 

  

Brightcove Inc.

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
		(in thousands, except per share data)
Revenue: (1)
Subscription and support revenue		$	120,324			$	103,116			$	84,257
Professional services and other revenue			4,693				6,779				3,716
Total revenue			125,017				109,895				87,973
Cost of revenue: (2) (3)
Cost of subscription and support revenue			38,015				29,205				22,553
Cost of professional services and other revenue			5,718				7,585				4,831
Total cost of revenue			43,733				36,790				27,384
Gross profit			81,284				73,105				60,589
Operating expenses: (2) (3)
Research and development			28,252				21,052				18,725
Sales and marketing			46,014				41,000				38,725
General and administrative			19,136				18,478				16,734
Merger-related			3,075				2,069				1,852
Total operating expenses			96,477				82,599				76,036
Loss from operations			(15,193	)			(9,494	)			(15,447	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income			11				58				106
Interest expense			(96	)			—				(241	)
Other expense, net			(1,355	)			(594	)			(359	)
Total other expense, net			(1,440	)			(536	)			(494	)
Loss before income taxes and non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary			(16,633	)			(10,030	)			(15,941	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes			260				212				(3,489	)
Consolidated net loss			(16,893	)			(10,242	)			(12,452	)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary			—				(20	)			(734	)
Net loss attributable to Brightcove Inc.			(16,893	)			(10,262	)			(13,186	)
Accretion of dividends on redeemable convertible preferred stock			—				—				(733	)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders		$	(16,893	)		$	(10,262	)		$	(13,919	)
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders – basic and diluted		$	(0.53	)		$	(0.36	)		$	(0.57	)
Weighted-average number of common shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders – basic and diluted			31,949				28,351				24,626
(1)  Includes related party revenue ( Note 9 )		$	—			$	42			$	3,516
(2)  Stock-based compensation included in above line items:
Cost of subscription and support revenue		$	218			$	248			$	125
Cost of professional services and other revenue			141				149				116
Research and development			1,399				1,191				687
Sales and marketing			2,193				2,225				1,606
General and administrative			2,436				2,588				3,309
(3)  Amortization of acquired intangible assets included in above line items:
Cost of subscription and support revenue		$	1,946			$	1,013			$	379
Research and development			140				39				15
Sales and marketing			1,114				667				250

 

See accompanying notes.

 

  

Brightcove Inc.

  

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
		(in thousands)
Consolidated net loss		$	(16,893	)		$	(10,242	)		$	(12,452	)
Other comprehensive loss:
Foreign currency translation adjustments			(323	)			(1,025	)			(484	)
Comprehensive loss			(17,216	)			(11,267	)			(12,936	)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary			-				(20	)			(734	)
Comprehensive loss attributable to Brightcove Inc.		$	(17,216	)		$	(11,287	)		$	(13,670	)

 

See accompanying notes.

 

 

Brightcove Inc.

  

Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

(in thousands, except share data)

 

		Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock								Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock								Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock								Series D Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock								Common Stock								Additional Paid-In Capital				Accumu- lated Other Comprehensive Income				Accumulated Deficit				Total Stock- holders’ (Deficit) Equity Attributable to Brightcove Inc.				Non- Controlling Interest				Total Stock- holders’ (Deficit) Equity
		Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Shares				Par Value
Balance at December 31, 2011			5,375,000			$	7,533				6,921,854			$	23,291				7,392,163			$	76,400				2,315,842			$	13,127				5,224,532			$	5			$	—			$	1,056			$	(107,254	)		$	(106,193	)		$	1,108			$	(105,085	)
Issuance of common stock upon  exercise of stock options			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				801,099				1				1,345				—				—				1,346				—				1,346
Vesting of restricted   stock			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				101				—				—				101				—				101
Issuance of common stock pursuant to restricted stock units			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				13,009				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
Issuance of common stock upon net exercise of stock warrants			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				15,781				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
Accretion of redeemable convertible preferred stock to redemption value			—				1				—				1				—				32				—				5				—				—				—				—				(39	)			(39	)			—				(39	)
Accretion of cumulative dividends on redeemable convertible preferred stock			—				42				—				133				—				464				—				94				—				—				(677	)			—				(56	)			(733	)			—				(733	)
Stock-based compensation expense			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				5,843				—				—				5,843				—				5,843
Issuance of common stock in connection with initial public offering, net of issuance costs of $4,347			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				5,750,000				6				54,470				—				—				54,476				—				54,476
Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred stock into common stock			(5,375,000	)			(7,576	)			(6,921,854	)			(23,425	)			(7,392,163	)			(76,896	)			(2,315,842	)			(13,226	)			16,150,505				16				106,435				—				14,673				121,124				—				121,124
Reclassification of warrants to purchase shares of redeemable convertible preferred stock into warrants to purchase common stock			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				395				—				—				395				—				395
Foreign currency translation adjustment			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				(484	)			—				(484	)			—				(484	)
Net (loss) income			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				(13,186	)			(13,186	)			734				(12,452	)
Balance at December 31, 2012			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				27,954,926				28				167,912				572				(105,862	)			62,650				1,842				64,492
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				785,525				1				1,829				—				—				1,830				—				1,830
Vesting of restricted stock			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				8				—				—				8				—				8
Issuance of common stock pursuant to restricted stock units			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				294,468				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
Stock-based compensation expense			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				6,401				—				—				6,401				—				6,401

 

  

Brightcove Inc.

  

Consolidated Statements of Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) – (continued)

(in thousands, except share data)

 

		Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock								Series B Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock								Series C Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock								Series D Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock								Common Stock								Additional Paid-In Capital				Accumu- lated Other Comprehensive Income				Accumulated Deficit				Total Stock- holders’ (Deficit) Equity Attributable to Brightcove Inc.				Non- Controlling Interest				Total Stock- holders’ (Deficit) Equity
		Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Shares				Amount				Shares				Par Value
Purchase of non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiary			—			$	—				—			$	—				—			$	—				—			$	—				—			$	—			$	778			$	—			$	—			$	778			$	(1,862	)		$	(1,084	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				(1,025	)			—				(1,025	)			—				(1,025	)
Net (loss) income			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				(10,262	)			(10,262	)			20				(10,242	)
Balance at December 31, 2013			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				29,034,919				29				176,928				(453	)			(116,124	)		$	60,380				—				60,380
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				210,735				—				597				—				—				597				—				597
Issuance of common stock pursuant to restricted stock units			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				328,353				—				—				—				—				—				—				—
Issuance of common stock upon acquisition			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				2,850,547				3				30,612				—				—				30,615				—				30,615
Stock-based compensation  expense			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				6,387				—				—				6,387				—				6,387
Foreign currency translation  adjustment			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				(323	)			—				(323	)			—				(323	)
Net (loss) income			—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				—				(16,893	)			(16,893	)			—				(16,893	)
Balance at December 31, 2014			—			$	—				—			$	—				—			$	—				—			$	—				32,424,554			$	32			$	214,524			$	(776	)		$	(133,017	)		$	80,763			$	—			$	80,763

 

 

Brightcove Inc.

  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2012
		(in thousands)
Operating activities
Net loss		$	(16,893	)		$	(10,242	)		$	(12,452	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			8,587				5,867				4,666
Stock-based compensation			6,387				6,401				5,843
Deferred income taxes			—